2024-07-29 18:40:36
Manhandled during the first match against Denmark, the Blues suffered a second consecutive defeat against Norway (22-27). A disappointing start to the Olympic competition.
The expected answer did not come. After their first defeat against Denmark (37-29), Handball faced Norway, in good shape after their success against Argentina (36-31). We expect a great start to the competition from the French side, in the end it was the Norwegians who scored in all their offensive positions after the first five minutes where the defense got the upper hand. The teammates of Sander Sagosen, former PSG player, did not let their advantage go of four or five goals. The fault lies with the Blues who are inconsistent and not consistent in front of the cage or in the final passes. With 4 goals at the end of the first act, Dika Mem – the only French out of the water with Fabregas – left the Blues with five points (11-16).
The second half attack was better, with Guillaume Gille’s men not amorphous and carried by the Arena Paris Sud again. Dika Mem, who was on fire, repeated his performance from the first period by giving four goals, but this time in only seven minutes. The FC Barcelona player was not able to bring France back to himself. Slow offensively as in the first period, the Blues lost balls and were very poor in their initiatives. The regular Norwegians left the Blues between three and six goals behind. The French in the end lost by five goals (22-27) and will be sure that they do not finish first or second in their group. The first four are qualified and the Blues have three games left to respond.
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