At the top of the start at the end of the game, the French female handball team started perfectly its euro by beating the North Macedonia (24-14).
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Quiet as the French team. The Bleues easily imposed themselves on Saturday November 5 against Northern Macedonia (24-14) for their first match in the preliminary round of the Women’s Handball Euro. Not always very inspired in attack, on the contrary, the French have built their success in defense, in particular thanks to their Cleopatre Darleux goalkeeper, imperial in his cages (nine stops on fourteen shots) and elected player of the meeting.
Olympic reigning champions, the Blue started this euro with a new status, and a goal, “go to the semi-final”, as announced before the Estelle Nze Minko competition, the captain of the French team. The players of the coach Olivier Krumbholz are among the favorites, they who mounted on the podium of the last three continental meetings (bronze in 2016, gold in 2018 and silver in 2020).
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Before thinking of a possible last square, the French women took the competition by the right end, and this, from the first minutes of their opening match. Despite the support of their audience from the Boris-Trajkovski sports center in Skopje (the competition takes place in Northern Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia), the Macedonians have taken almost sixteen minutes to score a first goal in Cleopatre Darleux.
already launched towards the main lathe
The Blue had already taken over five goals, a gap that has continued to inflate over the minutes (12-5 at half-time). Olivier Krumbholz quickly had the opportunity to make changes in his team, and to rest his holders before the next deadlines. Proof of it is, ten French players scored at least one goal during the meeting.
“There was a very good defense on our side, and good counterattacks then, underlined the French coach at the microphone of BeIN Sports after the final whistle. The base is there. We did the ‘Essential, even if we have never really freed ourselves in attack. “
This success allows the Bleues to already take a big step towards the qualification in the main tour of the Euro, the first three teams of each group obtaining their ticket for the future. Next meeting for Estelle Nze Minko and her teammates on Monday, November 7, against Romania. The Blue will finish the first phase of the competition two days later, against the Netherlands.