The Ultramarines Béatrice Edwige, Océane Sercien-Ugolin, Orlane Kanor, Coralie and Déborah Lassource and their teammates did not resist the Norwegians (28-20) in the semi-finals of the Women’s Handball Euro, this Friday in Ljubljana (Slovenia). ). The European and world champions once again showered the Blues.
The scenario repeated itself. After the finals of the Euro in 2020 and the World Cup-2021, the Norwegians have once again extinguished a dream of a title for the Blues, this Friday, November 18, 2022 in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Before cracking at the end of the match, the French, Olympic champions, contained their opponent defensively (12-11 at halftime).
But they have all along stumbled, like last year in Catalonia, on Silje Solberg (14 saves, 41% of saved shots), like her double save against Martiniquaise Coralie Lassource and Grace Zaadi, who deprived of the equalizer just before half-time.
Of the 20 goals scored in total by France, three were by the Guadeloupe Orlane Kanor (3/8), one by Coralie Lassource (1/3) and one by the Guadeloupe Océane Sercien-Ugolin (1/5). Insufficient against the 28 points scored by the Norwegians, as summarized by this tweet.
Olivier Krumbholz’s 500th at the head of Les Bleues will therefore not remain his best memory. “There is no space against this teamsummarizes the coach at the end of the match. Either we play well and we have a chance and if we play badly, they walk on us.“
“We didn’t play a game that looked like the top six“, notes Estelle Nze Minko, captain of the Blue, undefeated before in this tournament.
“We are not going to be princessesshe adds. We have a medal to look for on Sunday and we will do everything for it.“
Les Bleues will indeed play their last match of the competition on Sunday November 20 (5:45 p.m.) to compete for the bronze medal in Montenegro.
One more to collect to perpetuate their insane series: except for Kumamoto’s accident at the 2019 World Cup, the French handball players have never returned empty-handed from a tournament since the 2016 Olympics.