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The rise of the French team continues.
After a start to the competition marked in particular by two defeats against Spain and Russia, the Blues straightened their heads two days ago against Brazil (29-22), and confirmed in the most beautiful way this Wednesday in the quarterfinals final against their best Dutch enemies, literally outclassed (32-22).
The start of the match was thus particularly exciting. On the wings of an elusive Laura Flippes in her new role, in selection, right-back, the Blue put to the torment the Dutch rearguard, overwhelmed on all sides. To the point of conceding 9 goals in just seven minutes (9-3), with the only small waste being an off-frame shot from Estelle Nze Minko. Obviously, such perfection could not last forever, it would have been too good. At least in attack. Because in defense, the Blue continued to completely extinguish the Dutch lost and quickly deprived of Lois Abbingh, hit in a knee. Multiplying the stops (9 in a quarter of an hour), Amandine Leynaud shone in his goal and only one French toast then: Emmanuel Mayonnade, thehexagonal coach of the Netherlands, forced to set two time-outs in ten minutes, proof that there was fire in the house "
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After a quarter of an hour of play, the score seemed unreal: 13-4 in favor of the French.
Except that despite their call not to ignite, the Blue experienced a serious air gap of ten minutes during which, after having succeeded everything, they began to miss everything.
The Netherlands did not profit to return to 5 lengths (16-11, 25th) but fortunately, the daughters of Olivier Krumbholz regained their wits not to spoil their first quarter of an hour of dream and join the locker room with a more viaticum. that interesting (19-11).
So much so that the second half, without being as glorious as the first, allowed Les Bleues to qualify without trembling.
Even more in difficulty in attack, Grace Zaadi and others never let the Dutch come back to less than 5 goals, even dropping the addition to 10 goals at the start of the last ten minutes (29-19).
Suffice to say a real single rider, which will allow them to find Sweden on Friday in the semi-finals.
And this time, there will be no draw (28-28) as in the group stage ...
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