Dominating Germany Tuesday evening (29-21), the French team is guaranteed to finish first in its group, and offered the luxury of resting its executives for the last match before the semi-final .
Le Monde with AFP
A demonstration and a qualification for the semi-finals. The French women’s team rolled out a perfect partition against Germany (29-21), Tuesday November 15 in Skopje (Macedonia), in order to obtain their place in the last square of Euro 2022.
“We are where we wanted to be, tired but in good condition”, savor the coach satisfied, Olivier Krumbholz.
The Bleues, still undefeated in this European championship, ensured the first place of their group, which offers them, in theory, a more affordable opponent in the semi-finals on Friday in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
The band of Estelle Nze Minko therefore fulfilled her displayed initial objective. Above all, she once again confirmed the status of the French team, firmly installed among the best nations in the world with this fourth participation in a follow -up to the last square of a euro.
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A figure sums up the grip of blue on this tournament: zero. In five games and as many victories, the Olympic champions have still not been carried out, not even 1-0!
“I do not have many memories that we have dominated the competitions like that, advances the captain. The scenario is that we often struggled at the start of competition and we often managed to go to the end when Even. There is no ideal scenario, but it feels good. “
In nine international tournaments since the 2016 Olympic Games, they only missed the semi-finals once, during the 2019 World Cup accident in Kumamoto.
Like Montenegrines on Sunday – who won the other Ticket of group 2 on Tuesday for the last square – the Germans only held the shock for twenty minutes with a tight score of 7-6. The time that the French defense tightens the ranks. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Cleopatra Darleux (10 stops, 36 % in total) had disgusted the Tireuses of the Nationalmannschaft, who played her survival in the tournament.
“luxury” and “rest”
Before flying Thursday morning for the Slovenian capital, a host of the half and then on the final on Sunday, the French Olympic champions have a last meeting without pressure in Skopje Wednesday evening against Spain. “It is a luxury to say that we are in the semi-finals when there is a match without any stake for us”, appreciates Laura Flippes (2 goals).
“We are going to put the most stressed players at rest, warns Olivier Krumbholz. And make those who are on the bench play and who play little.”
The leaders, like Captain Estelle Nze Minko (2 goals on Tuesday), will not have to shoot their organization in a second meeting in just twenty-four hours. This match is even an opportunity to offer first minutes in a large international tournament to the third goalkeeper, Camille Depuiset, and to the young semi-center Léna Grandveau (19 years old).
This final day of the main round must designate their rivals for a place in the final. It will not be Norway, already qualified, if the strip of Stine oftedal, falls from the Blue in the final of Euro 2020 and the 2021 World Cup, remains undefeated in its group. Sweden, Denmark and Slovenia are the other nations in a position to qualify in this group and therefore meet the Blue.