2023-05-13 14:14:25
The French team did not tremble to perfectly launch its Finnish World Cup. This Saturday at the beginning of the afternoon, she won her first victory by repelling Austria (2-1). The logic was thus respected for the 13th world nation against the… 15th. But it was difficult.
First dominating, the Blues negotiated a numerical superiority well to open the scoring just before the break. Well served by Valentin Claireaux, Tim Bozon deceived the Austrian goalkeeper at the far post. A goal that comes 30 seconds before the buzzer. Previously, Justin Addamo (5th), Louis Boudon (11th) or Hugo Gallet (17th) had already proved dangerous for the Austrian defense.
The second third is much more difficult for the French. Led to the score, the Austrians push to equalize. Sebastian Ylönen, the tricolor goalkeeper, disgusts Dominic Zwerger (24th) and keeps his team afloat. The minutes pass and France still holds its small goal in advance until the final break.
The last third starts like the previous one with a big Austrian domination. In numerical inferiority after the temporary exclusion of Alexandre Texier, the Austrians manage to equalize by Thomas Raff (46th). Everything has to be redone for the Blues of Philippe Bozon, very close to breaking on a huge miss from Marco Rossi (52nd).
The end of the match is one-sided. At 5 against 3, the Blues do not manage to score this second goal which assured them the 3 points of the victory. They finally settle for two, scoring in the first minute of extra time thanks to Sacha Treille who sends the puck into the top corner.
The rest takes place this Sunday (3:20 p.m.) with a second match against Denmark (10th in the world).
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