Four months have not quite passed since their first Olympic coronation in Tokyo but the players of Olivier Krumbholz have kept their appetites intact.
The comfortable success of the Bleues over the Angolans, African champions, in the first match of the group stage (group A) this Friday evening (30-20) is there to testify.
The French, who expected a big physical challenge from the Angolans, proved solid defensively at the start of the game but struggled to break away from the scoreboard, due to offensive approximations.
Serious victory for the Blue against Angola during this first outing of the World Cup @SheLOVsHandball, in particular thanks to a good @laura_glauser in the cages!
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While Laura Glauser, excellent tonight, had replaced Cleopatra Darleux in goals, preserved, the Blue waited until the 23rd minute to dig a small advantage (10-8).
They then pressed the accelerator and returned to the locker room with a four-goal advantage (13-9).
"We're not going to start complaining about the potential we have"
In the second half, the France team, exploiting a numerical superiority, increased its lead to seven goals (17-10, 38th), then to ten goals (26-16, 51st), a gap maintained until the end of the part.
The France team won 30-20 on Friday for their first match in the world championship against Angola.
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In search of a third world title, the Tricolores world champions in 2003 and 2017, are among the favorites of the competition, despite the retirement of executives such as Leynaud or Lacrabère.
The group of eighteen players led by Krumbholz to Barcelona has twelve elements to have participated in the Olympic adventure, seven 2017 world champions and six players to accumulate the three crowns: Olympic Games 2021, World Cup 2017, Euro 2018.
“We have young players, good players, considers the coach.
We're not going to start complaining about the potential we have.
"Thus, the young pivot Pauletta Foppa, 21, was the best director of the evening, tied with Lucie Granier, both with four goals.
“It's a bit of the credo that we have been trying to have since 2016, namely to include news at each gathering.
And above all not to be afraid to make them play, ”emphasizes Béatrice Edwige, the pivot of the Blue.
Next test for the French against Slovenia, from this Sunday (6 p.m.).
