Contract fulfilled in Granollers (Spain) for the players of Olivier Krumbholz.
After dominating Angola (30-20), then Slovenia (29-18), the Blue concluded their entry into the World Cup with a new success on Tuesday evening, this time against Montenegro (24-19) .
They will begin this Thursday against the Poles in the main round in a strong position (4 points), with the quarter-finals in focus.
⭐️ Knife match between France and Montenegro which won the Olympic champions.
3/3 and plenty of points for the main round!
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- French Handball Teams (@FRAHandball) December 7, 2021
What you must remember
Difficult entry into the matter for the French against the toughest opponent of this group A. Ineffective in attack, they only open their counter after seven minutes of play through Coralie Lassource, their captain. By scoring her 4th goal, the Brestoise allows her team to stay ahead (7-6, 17th). But the Montenegrins, 5th in 2019 and coached by Bojana Popovic, the best player in the history of this small Balkan country, know that a victory is necessary for them not to finish 3rd in the group. At the break, nothing is played (12-12) but Montenegro will play the continuation without Brnovic (3/4), excluded for having applauded one of the referees.
With only 46% success in attack in the first period, the Habs are very far from their usual efficiency.
Cleopatra Darleux replaced Laura Glauser in goal.
Normalcy is back at a gallop with Estelle Nze Minko, Grace Zaadi and Pauletta Foppa (16-12, 36th).
The Montenegrins come back but the Olympic champions put a boost to win in the last eight minutes.
The player: Lucie Granier
It is not the one who has scored the most goals or made the most saves.
The Besançon winger, on the other hand, is the one who allowed France in quick succession to make the final gap in the match, when Montenegro once again came back to score in the second half, in the money-time (21-17 , 55th).
The 22-year-old, French top scorer with 9 goals, is gradually settling among her teammates.
The number: 9
That is to say the number of consecutive victories for the French team against the same opponent since 2013. It is also the number of consecutive victories since the defeat (27-28) in the group stage of the Games against Russia.
Since then, the Blue have beaten Brazil, the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, Hungary (twice in a friendly), Angola, Slovenia, and therefore Montenegro.
They will meet again with Poland on Thursday, then Serbia (Saturday), and finally Russia at the end of the main round (Monday).