Euro Handball: Bleues sweep Romania 35-21 and qualify for main tour

During this match, Estelle Nze Minko became the second best French scorer in one euro tied with Siraba Dembélé (118 goals), but still behind Alexandra Lacrabère (154).

Le Monde

French handball players qualified for the main round of Euro 2022 by crushing Romania (35-21) Monday November 7 in Skopje in their second match of the first round.

The Bleues, Olympic champions, will play Wednesday November 9, at 8:30 p.m., for the first place in group C against the Netherlands, victorious from the North Macedonia (30-15) earlier in the evening. The results of the first round – of which their broad success in the face of the modest Northern Macedonia (24-14) – being kept in the next, the winning team will take an option in one of the semi -final places, awarded to the two First Nations of Each main tour group.

Except Montenegro, the other two opponents of the chicken with the blue with the blue. It could be Germany or Poland, which the players of Olivier Krumbholz dominated in October in the preparation match, or even Spain.

Beautiful attack

sharp as usual in the rise of bullets where the captain, Estelle Nze Minko, often concluded the counterattacks (6 goals), the Olympic champions have mounted a notch in the attack placed.

The quality of shooting of Orlane Kanor (4 goals), back after being injured in the shoulder, contributed to it. Like the influence of grace Zaadi (3 goals), which has disgusted its new teammates from CSM Bucharest, Cristina Neagu and Crina Pintea.

In front of the tribunes with three quarters empty of the Boris Trajkovski room, revealing the drawing of the Macedonian flag on the stands, Estelle Nze Minko became the second best French scorer in one euro, tied with Siraba Dembélé (118 goals ), but still behind Alexandra Lacrabère (154 goals).

/Media reports.