The faces are sad but they keep their heads held high.
The France team, dominated (26-32) by Sweden, misses the opportunity to strike a blow on the international scene after a last failed Euro.
Its players have blues at heart and recognize the superiority of their opponents, without forgetting to already plan for the small final this Sunday at the beginning of the afternoon against Spain or Denmark.
It will be necessary to quickly forget the disappointment
Michaël Guigou (captain and left winger of the France team, at the microphone of BeIN Sports)
: “It's complicated… We are inevitably disappointed.
We missed a lot of things, energy, serenity, efficiency, life.
We also came out of quarters with two injured
(Editor's note: N'Guessan and L. Karabatic)
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We also paid dearly for our failures.
The Swedes were better at all levels.
When we see what we are able to do at times, that inevitably leaves some regrets.
We can still be proud, in view of the work done over the past year.
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Nedim Remili (right back)
: “The Swedes were cleaner, they arrived very successfully, without wanting to discredit them.
It's been a few matches that we haven't started very well.
All we could do was hope.
We must now materialize our world voucher with a medal.
It will be a big fight, we will have to return to it all together.
Words are finished, we must act.
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Ludovic Fabregas (pivot)
: “It's hard to analyze immediately.
I think we didn't know how to set our pace.
We lacked the aggressiveness and Sweden was superior to us in all areas of the game. There is still one game to play and we will do everything to win it, although I do not know if we have a lot of strengths.
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Guillaume Gille (coach)
: “We have regrets, but especially disappointment because we were not able to deliver what we are capable of.
Sweden took control of the game with a lot of serenity, for our part the record of the match is not sufficient to advance to a final.
We will validate our good journey with a positive note in the classification match.
It is up to us all to find the recipes to regenerate the body, and especially the heads.
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