2023-05-16 21:58:19
The France team should not be favorites in their matches. She was not really once morest Austria (2-1 ap victory) nor Denmark (4-3 ap defeat), last weekend, but had seduced, practicing beautiful hockey. With a lot of young people thrown into the bath of a World Cup, many executives are missing.
But this Tuesday evening, in a hollow Nokia Arena, where Hungarian fans were able to give voice, the French had the favor of the forecasts. And the beautiful mechanics is out of order. “It was more physical than nervouscommented Philippe Bozon, the coach of the Blues. I had fears regarding the physical, following two matches with a big intensity. This (Tuesday morning, several players, including veterans, have told me that they don’t have too many legs. We tried to reassure them with the physical trainers. I sensed among the key players that things weren’t going well right away. »
The two teams had indeed entered the game tense. It must be said that the match, crucial in the fight for maintenance, was ticked in everyone’s mind, whether it was those of the Hungarians promoted this year and without reference in the world elite or those of a French generation, who, despite lived, played in recent years not to go down.
“We had the level to win, but we mightn’t finish”
Sebastian Ylönen, gardien des Bleus
“Hungary had been preparing for this match for a long timerecognized Bozon. We had a different approach, going all out in the first three games. » Twice, the Blues led the score, by Charles Bertrand and Louis Boudon. Twice, Hungary equalized, with luck: a shot from distance, while Sebastian Ylönen, the French goalkeeper, was masked, and a shot from close range following a lost puck.
And the doorman of Cergy-Pontoise, renewed for the third time in a row in the cage, saved his partners several times. Especially in the second period, when the France team, which has not yet been able to erase its indiscipline, found itself in double numerical inferiority. “These are penalties that we take in the offensive zone or in the neutral zoneregretted the tricolor goalkeeper. This is not saving a hot action. At this level, it is not possible. »
If the French tried a lot in attack, the extension had to decide the winner. Hungary carried the danger in front of Ylönen’s goal. The latter repelled two shots, but not the third. “We got into the m … all aloneregretted the doorman. We had the level to win, but we mightn’t finish. We didn’t make the effort, it’s very frustrating. »
After its first three matches, capital for the maintenance, France has four points, two more than Hungary and three more than Austria. Not enough to be calm. No need to panic either. The Blues will scrutinize the clash of the two teams on Monday as they switch today to another universe, going to face the big chunks of their group.
She will rub shoulders this Wednesday evening with Finland, world and Olympic champion, at home, in a room that will be in fusion. And the Finns are suffering with two defeats in three matches… Then it will be Sweden (SATURDAY)solid in defense, and the United States (Sunday), attractive. At least France will not be favourites.
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