DIRECT. France-Denmark (22-24): relive the defeat of the Bleues du hand in the semi-final of the Euro

This live ends after the defeat of the Bleues du hand. So no final, but a small final against Hungary on Sunday.

On Sunday, Les Bleues will challenge Hungary for the bronze medal match of this Euro. A team they have already beaten in this competition.

“We set ourselves the objective of challenging Norway in the semi-final, but we didn’t achieve it. I’m disappointed for them. I think they gave what they could give today. Congratulations to Denmark who were better than us in that match,” continued the coach.

“In the early stages of the match, we were unable to gain depth and had to change our approach. Now, I don’t think it was the defense that gave us problems. We lacked a bit of pep, we didn’t manage to make the most of the balls we recovered, because we recovered a large number of them.

We lacked audacity at certain moments and we were stepped on a bit, particularly in the crossings of the Danish players. They were more powerful than us and expressed themselves better.

When you want to win and go play the final of a Euro, you simply have to be better than that,” reacted Sébastien Gardillou at the microphone of TFX.

“The disappointment is strong because I had the impression that we were very close. So I’m very disappointed this evening. We missed the key moments. I think we didn’t know how to insist on putting pressure on them and creating doubt when we came back. If we come back to this moment, the match takes a different turn.

In this match, we were always the hunter and our prey was too far away,” analyzed Grace Zaadi after the final whistle at the TFX microphone.

However, they were back at 14-14 after the break, but that was before conceding six goals in a row.

With her 16 saves, the Danish goalkeeper is logically named player of the match.

In great difficulty in attack, the French are logically eliminated from the Euro by the Danes. The Olympics rematch against Norway will not take place.

The Danish coach looks to cut the pace with less than a minute remaining.

Even if it is registered, equalizing would be a miracle…

Two minutes to play and… two goals behind!

The French goalkeepers make the Danes doubt. But the blue attacks do not go all the way (40% shooting efficiency in the second period).

Aagot Hansen intercepts Laura Flippes’ pass. The French machine is indeed seized up…

Sarah Bouktit stumbles against the Danish goalkeeper on her seven-meter throw.

Hansen’s seven-meter throw ends on the French goalkeeper, then the post! Behind, Kristensen once again disgusts Estelle Nze Minko.

The Danes are playing sevens again.

Thirteenth, fourteenth then fifteenth stop for Kristensen!! Seven-meter throw for the Blues.

Chloé Valentini concludes this counterattack! Only three goals left…

Rikke Iversen sits on the bench for two minutes.

Back in the cages, the Blue deflects Ostergaard’s shot.

Goals from Nze Minko and Flippes allow the French to come back to four goals.

Now trailing by six goals, the French have not scored for almost nine minutes and have just gone 0-6.

A missed shot from Nze Minko followed by a goal from Iversen and here the Blue are behind by five goals. Qualification for the final is only getting further away.

Hageso increases the score for the Danes. Behind, Sébastien Gardillou calls for a time out.

Anna Opstrup Kristensen therefore made an eleventh save!

The French highlight did not last. Sébastien Gardillou’s players are once again trailing by two goals, as at the break.

The Dane inherits the ball after Sako’s save and scores. In the action that follows, her teammate in the cages stops Lucie Granier’s shot.

The third stop for the Frenchwoman!

Léna Grandveau misses the target at the very end of the action… Les Bleues still haven’t led in this match.

The French winger will be able to return to the field after her sanction. No red card.

Coralie Lassource is in the sights of the referees for an arm in the face of Michala Elsberg Moller…

Pauletta Foppa continues and allows the Blues to come back level with the Danes, who have only scored one goal since returning from the locker room.

His first goal in this match! In the process, the Danish action does not come to fruition.

The Danish goalkeeper disgusts the Blues. This time, it is Horacek who stumbles against her.

In the wake of Flippes’ goal, the goalkeeper wins in front of Ostergaard.

The back sends a great ball into Kristensen’s top corner! The French comeback will pass through this type of goal.

A powerful goal from Iversen puts the Danes three goals ahead. Behind, Estelle Nze Minko takes two minutes.

The Blues have possession of the ball. In the French cages, Hatadou Sako replaced Laura Glauser.

Having difficulty shooting, the French ran behind their opponents throughout this first period. A new goal from Hansen followed by a save from Kristensen just before the break summed up this first act.

Onacia Ondono catches up and allows her team to come back to within one goal.

The Danish attack unfolds, carried by their winger!

Five minutes before the break, the gap remains the same and the Blues still have just as much difficulty in front of the Danish goal (44% shooting efficiency compared to 61% for the Danes).

A new post from Chloé Valentini and here are the Blues, three lengths behind the Danes!

The Blue goalkeeper stops Andrea Aagot Hansen’s seven-meter throw…

Ten minutes before the break and while the Danish coach called a time-out, the Blues only shot 12 times on goal, compared to 15 for their opponents.

Alone facing the goalkeeper after a counterattack, Ondono completely misses her shot. The ball bounces too far from the line and goes over the cage.

Zaadi tries the lob but the Danish goalkeeper touches the ball with her fingertips, which die on the crossbar.

After another loss of ball, Hageso brings the score to 7-5 for Denmark. Sébastien Gardillou immediately calls for time out.

Léna Grandveau finds the fault, while the Danes are again at seven.

• Thanks to their flawless performance, the Blues were able to avoid Norway in the semi-final and face the Danes.
• France has not lost against Denmark for five years, almost to the day.
• Silver medalists at the Olympic Games after their defeat in the final against Norway, they will meet these same Norwegians if they qualify for the final.
• During the last Euro, France failed to reach the final and finished in fourth place.