There was no match for France’s entry into the main round of the World Handball World Cup. The Blues dominated Hungary without a shot, and all they need is one success to validate their place in the quarter-finals.
The first round of the World Championship was completed without the slightest problem for the French men’s handball team. Three matches, three victories, head to the main round to finally get down to business. Starting with the evening match, against the Hungary, which the Blues had difficulty getting rid of during the last Olympic Games, for the result that we know…
But the Blues had changed their face since then, and started the match showing great solidity in defense, even when the Hungarians took out the goalkeeper to play in numerical superiority, which turned against them. Dika Mem could make the power of his arm speak, and even Rémi Desbonnet participated in the celebration of a goal from his cages. Enough to take a 5-goal lead and force a Hungarian timeout in less than ten minutes!
Almost worry-free
5 goals that were small at the break. The defense was intractable, multiplying interceptions and winning counterattacks. Aymeric Minne was particularly evident in this last sector, and in the cages, Desbonnet increased the number of class stops. At the break, the match was already almost won (15-23), and no less than 10 different Blues had scored.
-Very quickly, France accelerated again so that the gap reached 10 goals. We then felt a decompression dawning, and it was real, the Hungarians showing a better face, notably Bence Bánhidienough to return to -6. A convenient time out Guillaume Gille later, the Blues regained momentum and stabilized the gap around 7 goals to ensure a trouble-free end to the match.
In the end, a victory 30-37 logical, as the Blues were so dominant. Despite a slight loss of grip in the second half, the French were never in real danger, and if they dominate the Netherlands on Thursday evening, the ticket for the quarters will be in their pocket. We couldn’t ask for better.
