Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Friday December 13, 2024 at 10:54 p.m.
Discover our tops and our flops following the defeat of the Blues against the Danes (22-24) in the semi-finals of the Euro.
The tops
Anna Kristensen
Difficult, if not impossible, to see anyone other than the Danish goalkeeper on this Friday evening. With her sixteen stops in total, she literally disgusted all the French women, one by one. It would be risky to choose a particular save as there were so many, perhaps this penalty against Sarah Bouktit missing yet another -2 opportunity five minutes from time.
Anna Mette Hansen
Top scorer of the match with seven units, her incursions too often hurt the Blue defense. We knew that it would be the main offensive asset of the opponent, and yet it was the strength of the French team which failed to contain this immense threat.
Mie Hojlund
It's the Danish hat-trick for good points to distribute, so much so that the margin of two goals probably does not sufficiently reflect the gap between the two nations. Anna's alter ego Mette Hansen, with five goals, is the second best scorer in this semi-final.
The flops
Sébastien Gardillou
The coach perhaps lacked variety and above all panache in difficult moments, that is to say almost all the time, especially at the end of the match when the ax was getting closer and closer and no new scheme offensive was actually proposed. The Danes have never been surprised.
By Tamara Horace
Since she finished top scorer in Paris 2024, and she had confirmed it until then during this Euro, the full-back and center-half of Croatian origin has changed status. But we clearly haven't seen enough of him at this big meeting, a bit like Pauletta Foppa who only scored four goals.
Laura Glauser
If she was able to pull off a few saves as usual, which we hoped would be important, she wasn't on her best day either and it's no coincidence that Hatadou Sako came on in her place at the break. It is especially its comparison with its Danish counterpart that hurts.
