It’s a shame to have ruined new manager Sébastien Gardillou’s premiere. Apart from that, the defeat of the French national handball team on October 24 against Hungary in Toulon 30-27 is not even worrying anymore.
Diminished by the absence of several managers left to rest, starting with captain Estelle Nzé Minko, the French women’s handball team has not produced a clean copy, that’s for sure. “We had a lot of missed shots, too many. I know that the French team has this little Achilles’ heel, it always has, analyzes Sébastien Gardillou, Olivier Krumbholz’s assistant since 2016.
But it is too early, two and a half months before the Games, to draw lessons from this return to the stage of Olympic vice-champions. “It’s not the return to school we would have imagined, I would have liked to offer Sébastien Gardillou a first victory with the French team,” admits interim captain Tamara Horacek. The context was not simple, a few training sessions together, a return after the Games and a reunion. We lost a lot of balls, we missed a lot of shots and in the end we lost. But I have the impression that the result does not reflect what we expressed, we had room to do much better but in the end we lacked many things. »
Olivier Krumbholz awarded
No, all this is not serious, but on one condition: that the Azzurri correct the situation quickly. One month before the Euro (28 November, 15 December), we must not let doubt begin to weave a web. Less than 48 hours after the first round at the Var, the French team will meet the same Hungarians this Saturday at 5.15pm. The match takes place in Tremblay (93) in the new Arena du Grand Paris inaugurated for the occasion.
It would be better to win this match. “What I want to remember about the first match,” insists Orlane Kanor, “is that we gave everything to try to get back together in the second period. We have the balls but we don’t convert them. We then spend time chasing the score and inevitably become a little exhausted. We will arrive in Tremblay ready to give another performance.”
During the day, former coach Olivier Krumbholz will be rewarded. He will enter the federation’s new Hall of Fame which honors all those who have played or managed more than 200 matches for the French team. To date there are seventeen who have their place there.
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