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Vincent, how do you feel after this victory, which allows France to qualify for the fourth time in a row in the Olympic final?
Vincent Gérard:
It is a source of pride to reach this final. We worked a lot and the advantage with the Covid is that we were isolated in our bubble and we were able to work serenely. We knew we were going to have a big fight in this half against the Egyptians who had been very successful from the start. It's a great satisfaction to have beaten them and to have managed to do it without putting our lives on the line in the last three to four minutes. We fought a great fight together.
Amandine Leynaud Wednesday in the quarter-finals, you against Egypt tonight, France has very high quality last walls…
I'm glad you said that.
Did you feel like you had to prove something in this game?
Proven, no.
I always want to perform and I try to do so every time I'm on the pitch.
Sometimes it works great, and sometimes it doesn't go the way I would like it to.
In this semi-final, I'm very happy that it worked, and that it wasn't inevitable to miss my semi-finals.
What allowed you to get into the meeting so well?
As I said, it often comes down to small details.
In the semifinals of the last World Cup against Sweden, I remember very well that on the first three shots, each time I was very close but it came in each time and behind it became difficult.
Tonight, I was more successful.
The little inch that I missed some times, I got it this time.
It is a real satisfaction to have been able to help the team and to have been able to foil the Egyptians.
We feel you particularly moved, beyond perhaps even the simple victory…
(He hesitates) Yes, no, I am not moved, I am simply happy.