TOPS
Les Bleues from 7 to the Olympics
Score: 10/10
Les Bleues have never trembled.
Not conceding a single point in their five matches against Madagascar (49-0), Colombia (47-0, then 52-0) and Hong Kong (55-0, then 51-0).
History of deserving without possible dispute their plane tickets.
“It's very satisfying.
But there are all things to improve.
We are a little eternally dissatisfied, but that's what makes that, against other teams, it will work better, ”said Shannon Izar.
To now seek a medal in Tokyo.
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An irresistible Nazionale
Rating: 8/10
"
What we are doing so far is incredible
", enthusiastic Marco Verratti Sunday night after the Italian victory against the Welsh (1-0).
If we will wait a little longer to use the same adjective, we must recognize that the Nazionale made a magnificent start to Euro.
Three wins, seven goals scored, none conceded: the elegant Manuel Locatelli and his partners got off to a flying start.
Better, they have just equaled the record of invincibility of the legendary team of Vittorio Pozzo (30 consecutive matches without defeat).
Good luck to the 2nd in Group B (perhaps Russia or Finland) who will have to deal with Roberto Mancini's men at Wembley on Saturday.
And to the following ones too ...
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Expected during the stopwatch, Rémi Cavagna becomes champion of France… on the road
Note: 8/10
Nobody was waiting for him there, but Rémi Cavagna thwarted the forecasts by signing a real tour de force to go for the title of French road cycling champion. Conversely, it was Thursday that the "Clermont TGV" was expected at the turn, during the time trial. Reigning champion of the discipline, this now confirmed rider had been the victim of a mechanical incident and had to settle for an anonymous 23rd place. This Sunday in Epinal, it is a vengeful Cavagna who played his own card despite his role as lieutenant of the world champion Julian Alaphilippe, who did not hide his joy at seeing the 25-year-old Clermontois triumph on arrival at Epinal, following a nice number in the last twenty kilometers. By succeeding Arnaud Démare on the prize list,Cavagna thus trades his tricolor chrono jersey for the more prestigious one of the road, which he should not however show on the next Tour de France. Unless: "The Tour is not one of my initial objectives," he declared after the race for France TV. But I will discuss it with the team. ”
FLOPS
Benzema's famine
Rating: 4/10
Already four matches since his resounding return and still no goal scored. It's factual and that doesn't sum it all up of course, but Karim Benzema is just waiting to find the net. Facing Hungary on Saturday (1-2), under suffocating heat in the Puskas-Arena volcano, the Blues striker (33) would have changed the situation by better negotiating the offering of Kylian Mbappe in the first period after a beautiful movement initiated by Antoine Griezmann. In vain. In addition to his lack of realism in front of goal, the Madrilenian did not weigh as expected in the game, offering little mobility, often beaten in duels. If he keeps the confidence of Didier Deschamps, the former Lyonnais knows he is eagerly awaited against Portugal. A poster during which he definitely wants to launch his Euro.
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Les Bleus du 7 fail in their Olympic mission
Score: 0/10
In Monaco, the mission of the Blues during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament was simple: to win it to snatch the last ticket at stake for the Tokyo Olympics.
After easy warm-ups, Jean-Pascal Barraque and his partners tackled the most delicate.
First in the semifinals, against Samoa.
For an authoritarian 31-0 victory.
Before finding the other favorite and contender for the Olympic trip, Ireland, for a tense final.
And lost 28 to 19. A terrible and cruel disillusion.
“We made our most draw in the final.
We have to come to question ourselves because in great moments we are not there, ”lamented the captain, Jean-Pascal Barraque.
A spare XV de France in Australia
Note;
1/10
Why extend the already endless seasons for the Top 14 players if it is to compete in sacrificed, meaningless tours?
The XV of France will play three tests in Australia in July.
And it is deprived of his executives that he is preparing to challenge the Wallabies on July 7, 13 and 17.
The Toulousains and the Rochelais, finalists of the Top 14, are exempted, holders are left to rest, not to mention the many injured.
Results 22 of the 42 players selected by Fabien Galthié do not count the slightest selection (4 on average…) and only six Blues have 1 or more.
But what are they going to do in this mess?
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Johann Zarco's first MotoGP victory will wait
Score: 3/10
In pole position for the first time this season, Johann Zarco had achieved the feat of ending the series of five consecutive poles of his compatriot Fabio Quartararo. But in the race, the reality was quite different for the Avignon resident, overwhelmed from the start by the dazzling Aleix Espargaro and especially Marc Marquez, the "King of Sachsenring", who regained success after more than a year and a half of famine. Ejected from the podium and then left behind, Zarco was unable to survive on the smallest circuit on the calendar, where the strengths of his Desmosedici are hardly exploited. Finally eighth after battling to keep some precious points in the championship, the two-time Moto2 world champion (2015, 2016) remains second overall, but is now 22 points behind Quartararo.
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