2024-01-11 03:22:02
A 4th defeat in as many matches and an elimination in the round of 16. The French team will not match the best performance in its history during a Euro with its 6th place last year. The Blues will, in fact, play the classification matches from 9th to 12th place after their setback this Wednesday against Serbia (14-10) in the round of 16 of the European Championships in Croatia.
Facing the reigning Olympic champions and 4th in the Worlds last year, the Tricolores held out for two quarters (6-6) before suffering the efficiency of the Serbs in the last two rounds (1-3, 3-5) . The French’s clumsiness in front of the opposing goal – 10 goals in 30 attempts – was fatal to them. Marseillais Thomas Vernoux finished top scorer with 3 goals.
“We lost this match because of our lack of discipline but also tactically,” declared coach Florian Bruzzo. It’s very annoying to lose, I’m not satisfied but I’m not worried. I’m still in construction. We are not used to making podiums. We are still experimenting by integrating new players and new systems so we have to accept that it takes time even if at the high level we don’t have the time. »
Next month, the Blues will travel to Qatar to compete in the World Championships. Last July, the Blues finished in 6th place, the best performance in their history. “We will have performance objectives that I had not necessarily set for the Euro even if I am disappointed that we lost all the matches,” concludes Florian Bruzzo.
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