LIVE – Euro handball: the Blues stand out against North Macedonia

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2024-01-10 20:09:02

19:09

France 30-Macedonia 23 (48th)

Goal from Kounkoud who entered as second pivot

19:09

distinguishable from nothing

4 out of 4 shooting for the French winger (29-22, 47th)

19:08

Macedonia is coming back a little

Two goals in a row for the Macedonians, the second from Lazarevski (28-22, 47th)

19:07

France 28-Macedonia 21 (46th)

Superbe passe de Kuzmanovski pour son pivot Peshevski

19:06

France 28-Macedonia 20 (45th)

Good shift from Nikola Karabatic for Nahi who scores on his wing

19:03

France is soaring

New goal from Tournat, well served by Remili (27-19, 44th)

19:02

5e but the Mem

Superb cross between Karabatic and Mem which opens a boulevard for the Barcelonan (26-18, 43rd)

19:01

France 25-Macedonia 18 (41st)

Superb kung-fu from the Blues by the Macedonian goalkeeper pushes Remili’s shot back towards… Nikola Karabatic, who scores

19:00

200th goal for the Tournat selection

The French pivot reaches a symbolic milestone (24-18, 41st)

18:59

Premier but de Remili

France stands out a little more in this match (23-17, 40th)

18:58

Huge Bolzinger Parade

What a save from the French goalkeeper from the penalty spot, with a very high foot. Very very high…

18:57

France 22-Macedonia 17 (38th)

The Blues manage their lead without being transcendent, like Mem who has just scored

18:56

Nahi strikes again

Another French left winger who enjoys counter-attacking (21-16, 37th)

18:55

France 20-Macedonia 16 (36th)

Goal from Macedonian pivot Peshevski

18:55

France 20-Macedonia 15 (36th)

Good layered ball rise from the Blues and goal from Nahi alone from six meters

18:54

Kounkoud does not tremble

First goal from the right winger after a perfect shift (19-14, 34th)

18:52

France 18-Macedonia 14 (33rd)

Descat converts his second throw from seven meters of the game

18:51

Bolzinger au but

Change of goalkeeper on the French side, Bolzinger replacing Desbonnet, with a first save on the line

18:49

Here we go again !

The start of the second half with the French on the attack…

18:34

The Blues in the lead at the break

Hardly convincing, but better in the last ten minutes, the French lead 17-13 thanks to a final goal from Richardson.

18:33

Richardson signs his entry

First goal for the right-back on a counter-attack (16-12, 28th)

18:29

France 15-Macedonia 12 (26th)

Magnificent mismatch found by France and concluded by Prandi at six meters

18:28

Mitev stop the bleeding

The Macedonian rear finds the opening and ends the French series (14-12, 25th)

18:27

The Blues stand out

Finally effective in defense, France gained a three-goal lead on this goal from Prandi alone on the counter-attack (14-11, 24th)

18:25

The show Descat

5th goal from the French left winger (13-11, 22nd)

18:24

France 12-Macedonia 11 (22nd)

Good save from Desbonnet on the Macedonian pivot but the ball returns to Djonov who scores

18:23

France 12-Macedonia 10 (20th)

Third assist from Prandi, this time for Fabregas in pivot

18:21

France 11-Macedonia 10 (19th)

4th personal goal already for Descat

18:19

Descat equalizes

Two good assists from Prandi, who takes care of his entry, this time for Descat on the left wing (10-10, 17th)

18:19

France 9-Macedonia 10 (16th)

Good service from Prandi towards Porte who scores on his right wing

18:18

Time out for France

Coach Guillaume Gille feels that he needs to wake up his troops, in tough defense AND attack

18:17

The Desbonnet parade which does good

The French goalkeeper’s save makes it possible to avoid a +3 in favor of Macedonia…

18:17

Macedonia stands out

Again Kuzmanovski scores and the Macedonians break for the first time (8-10, 16th)

18:16

Already 5 saves from the Macedonian goalkeeper

Remili is in check on this supporting shot…

18:15

France 8-Macedonia 9 (14th)

Goal from Macedonian pivot Peshevski.

18:14

Macedonia does not give up

Kuzmanovski finds the top corner from nine meters (8-8, 13th)

18:12

Mem finds the fault

On the counterattack, the French full-back opens up to score from six meters (7-7, 11th).

18:11

The French defense in the tough

Another Macedonian goal, the work of Djonov, a right-hander at right-back (6-7, 9th)

18:10

Macedonia regains the advantage

Good shift found towards Kosteski who scores on his right wing (5-6, 8th)

18:09

France 5-Macedonia 4 (8th)

On the quick start, the Blues regain the advantage thanks to Fabregas.

18:08

Macedonia equalize

Good supporting shot from Djonov who passes between the legs of Desbonnet (4-4, 7th)

18:07

France 4-Macedonia 3 (6th)

New goal from distance from Taleski, who demonstrates that he has a hell of an arm

18:06

The Blues break

Another goal on a fast ball from the Blues, this one from Fabregas (4-2, 5th)

18:05

France 3-Macedonia 2 (4th)

Two goals in quick succession in this match, the one for France being scored by Descat.

18:05

France ahead

Good rise of French ball concluded by Mem alone at six meters (2-1, 4th)

18:04

Descat equalizes

The French winger transforms his throw from seven meters (1-1, 3rd)

18:03

Macedonia opens the scoring

Taleski deceives the French goalkeeper with a good rebound shot from distance (1-0, 2nd)

18:02

Mem in check

Desbonnet’s first stop but behind, Mem misses the target…

18:01

Let’s go !

The kick-off is given by the Macedonians who therefore start in attack…

17:58

The Marseillaise sounds

Thrills in front of such a room and in front of such a large audience…

17:51

Both teams enter the arena

The mood is starting to rise….

17:50

The room is very full

While we could have feared somewhat empty aisles for this France-Macedonia, this is absolutely not the case and the room is almost full for this first Euro match.

17:42

The starting 7 (unsurprisingly) of the Blues

17:41

No defeat against the Macedonians

The Blues have faced North Macedonia four times in the past, for four victories. Except in Skopje during qualifying for Euro 2016 where the duel was fought (25-27), France has always won by a wide margin.

17:35

The opinion of Erick Mathé, the assistant coach of the Blues, on Macedonia

“It’s always important to enter a competition with bite, because often in the first match, the level tends to level out between the teams. There is a lot of desire, sometimes stress, and above all freshness. Kyril Lazarov was a fan of the 7-on-6 game: he seeks to reproduce it with his players. The pivots are solid, left-back Taleski is recognized on the international scene. Kumanoski is a quality centre-half with, also alongside him, right-back Velkoski. The team relies on several players who play with Pelister in the Champions League and therefore have international experience. Although North Macedonia has limited rotations, this team still has a fierce desire to represent their country well. She puts a lot of commitment and aggression into it.”

17:30

53,000 spectators for a record

This France-North Macedonia match will be held at Merkur-Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf, which is expected to welcome more than 50,000 spectators, an attendance record for a handball match. A record that could only hold for a few hours because this evening, Germany will challenge Switzerland in this same stadium.

17:23

The Blues in search of a 4th European title

The French team has already won the Euro three times in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Conversely, it has often come through during the Euros taking place in the same year as the Olympic Games.

17:18

Everyone behind the Blues!

17:15

Hello everyone !

Welcome to follow with us the first match of the France team at the Euro against North Macedonia. A meeting which will begin at 6 p.m.

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