2024-01-26 21:24:24
The left back of the France team scored a goal of capital importance on Friday against Sweden, which allowed the Blues to snatch an extension before winning (34-30) in the semi-final of the Euro.
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A ball sent at 118 km/h into the Swedish goal, which will mark the history of French handball. The Blues made no mistake in throwing themselves at Elohim Prandi at the end of the match, and placing him at the forefront of the victory selfie. While they were trailing 27-26 after 60 minutes of play, the Parisian gave them the extension of their hope, with a surgical free kick which found the net with the help of the crossbar, and the back of the Swedish goalkeeper, Andreas Palicka. Getting off to a bad start, the Blues regained energy thanks to this unexpected goal and won (34-30), Friday January 26, in the semi-final of the Euro.
Before this shot and then this happy ending, many French players were already sent to the small final. “As long as it’s not fired, we’re still not dead. But I see the grave that has just opened, summarizes coach Guillaume Gille. Frankly, in this kind of situation, being rational, you know that there is a one in a thousand chance of scoring the goal. Besides, we’re not even nine meters away, we’re even further away. So you know it’s wrong“. Like the coach, Dika Mem is resigned. “Honestly, I don’t believe it anymore. I tell myself that it’s dead. Afterwards I know that he is capable of doing it, because he scored quite a few in the French championship, but here we are in semi-final of the Euro. Plus he shoots from underneath, I see him leaving, and I tell myself it’s over”he says.
Ultimately, few players on the bench believed in an equalizer. “I don’t know what to do, I look, I don’t look”asked Nedim Remili. “I believe in it. I have Kentin (Mahe) and Val (Valentin Porte) next to me, and I tell them: ‘Guys, I’m sure Elo will wear it. You just have to think about it, think positive, think that he’s going to put it on.’ I know he has incredible shooting quality and that he has an arm that can score in that position.”assure Nikola Karabatic.
“If it doesn’t fit, the adventure is over”
And while the vast majority of the Lanxess Arena hoped that the ball would miss the target, Elohim Prandi grabbed the ball, twisted to the right to get around the Swedish goal, and succeed in deceiving Palicka. “I was too close to the wall, but if it was further away, I think I would have gone over it. But there you go, I shoot hard, I have a good arm, and I shoot pretty well , simply tells the story of the one nicknamed “the Bison”. It happens. I preferred to go to the side of the wall because I had the ability to be able to bring the ball up, and it went in.”
“Honestly, I think it’s the most beautiful goal I’ve seen in my career. In the context, the impact, the way it goes down”greets Samir Bellahcene, the Blues goalkeeper. “I am very, very proud, very happy to have been able to release this shoot and that it is an extraordinary moment for the team. Because these are moments when we pray. We hope that it goes in, because if it doesn’t go in no, the adventure is over. It was a very emotional moment“, savoure Elohim Prandi.
The left-back had, however, been in difficulty until then, with one goal scored in five attempts in normal time. “I can miss things, it’s not a big deal, I’m a shooter from afar, puts the PSG player into perspective. I had difficulty entering this competition, my knee is a little feverish too, which means that I have some apprehensions. We treated him well and today he’s doing pretty well. I have confidence in myself, the team still has this confidence in me and still pushes me to take my shots and that is the most important thing in my eyes.”
“It was written that it was to take place this evening”
Even the most experienced, Guillaume Gille and Nikola Karabatic, were still impressed after the meeting. “In the French team, equalizing like that on a free kick at the last second, no I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. Even less so in the semi-final of the European Championship”concedes the most capped player in the history of the Euro. “We’ve still seen some pretty incredible scenarios, but I admit that this one, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen one so crazy, smiled the coach, while his team, which led 17-11 at the break, had been dominated in the second period. We know that with this boy, some pretty crazy things can happen. It’s the kind of shot he could try a few tens of thousands of times, at home, in training, but I think it was written that it was to take place tonight.”.
After several years of a mixed story with the French team – he was deprived of the 2021 World Cup due to an injury, he was not selected for the Tokyo Olympics, and had to give up the Euro 2022 after a knife attack and Covid-19 contamination – Elohim Prandi has undoubtedly written his most beautiful story with the Blues to date. Sweden still lodged a complaint with the European handball federation about this goal, because the Frenchman would have changed his support foot, which is not authorized.
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