We left the Bleues on Friday evening a little stunned after their surprise defeat against Spain at the opening of the French Tournament in St Chamond. The band at Sébastien Gardillou recovered today against Angola but without convincing again 5 days before the start of the Euro.
Find the post-match reactions with the coach and some of the players.
Sébastien Gardillou : “I don't think the team is ready for the EURO, but on the other hand, we still have four days left, so it's okay…I think we shouldn't minimize what we're doing, we still have to win by six goals against Angola. There are things that I liked, others less, but I wanted us to come out with the smile of this weekend. girls on this, and at times you have to know be satisfied with what we have. The defensive results are mixed. In any case, this evening, we have better intentions and better positions. The girls want to do well. especially because we don't capitalize on the balls we have, especially in the second half, because we recover a lot of them. But it was a real preparation match, with situations where we have to think, to find solutions to which we would not necessarily have thought. We responded to the physical challenge and the state of mind, and it's very positive.”
Star Like Minko : “You never know if you're ready or not. Sometimes, you do a superb preparation and six days later, you realize that you've messed up… The essentials of the day were accomplished, we won, we achieved our challenge, unlike the match against Spain So for sure, we are not having the match of the year, if we were to play Sweden tomorrow, we would perhaps not say that. but we get by. There are some exploits. end, solidarity, and that's already good for today Because we must not forget that Angola is the type of team that is super tough physically when you start playing handball. , you don't say to yourself, “Hey, I want to play against Angola” (laughs)…It's a really good team, we really have to win against them, so the evening is still positive.”
Floriane André : “It feels good to come away with a victory, even if it is a bit by force. Spain, we were in the lead but we can't get back in front when they take control, this evening, we were best in this sector, we were able to bounce back, toughen up the defense, have a reaction when we were tough. I saw from behind, the defense in the last quarter of an hour, it was still solid. . It took me five minutes to get into the room. meeting, to say to myself “OK, I'm at home”, I had a little sluggishness when I came back, and then it was over, I even scored a goal, but hey, that's it. a little anecdotal. Having such opposition is always good before getting to the heart of the matter.”
Orlane Kanor : “We are good in defense, we only concede 24 goals against a team that has quality so that's good. We still have our low point at the start of the second half, it would be good to stabilize that. Sebastien had repeated, however, that we had to be careful about that, but a priori, we still have to work on it So yes, the second half is not grandiose, but in the attitudes, we were there. respond to the proposed physical challenge, and this is not nothing. It’s always good to have a few pies before starting a competition, it wakes you up!”
