Already qualified for the main tour, the Olympic champions are on the right track to access the last square.
Le Monde with AFP
French handball players have folded the Netherlands (26-24), Wednesday, November 9, in Skopje and completed the first round of the UNVIINCUES EURO 2022. Already qualified for the main round, the Olympic champions have insured first place in group C and are on track to qualify for the last square.
The Bleues are descended on Earth after hovering over Romania (35-21) on Monday. This time, the meeting was hung (up to 22-22). The vice-championnes of Europe and the world carry full of points in the main turn (4) and an advantage unlike particular goals against the Dutch.
Cleopatra Darleux
The first two teams of each group of the main tour accessing the semi-finals, a flawless to start is always preferable. As in 2020, when they had reached the final, a match they lost against the Norwegians. Among the teams donated to the Blue Group, we will have to be wary of Montenegrines, weightlessness during their first tour at home, at Podgorica.
The tifos of their boiling public could make the trip to Skopje, only 330 kilometers by road, Sunday for the next match.
Even more than the first two successes against northern Macedonia (24-14) and Romania, the victory of the day bears the signing of Cleopatra Darleux (45 % stopped shots). His eleven parades in mid-game are to be compared to the six of his Dutch counterpart. His three judgments from the start, including a pastis against Kelly Dulfer from the 2 e minute, had set the tone.