Tears and a lot of disappointment for the French team on Sunday night in Granollers after their defeat in the World Championship final.
With his experience and aware of having fallen on a more consistent opponent, Olivier Krumbholz did not beat around the bush when commenting on the defeat of his players against Norway (22-29).
"We derailed at the end of the first half or we spoiled a lot of things, this is the turning point of the match, he planted without batting an eyelid at beIN Sports about a sequence where the gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics last summer saw their lead melt away from 16-10 to 16-12 at the break.
The Norwegians had the power, the continuity and we had a bad second half.
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The French team beaten in the World Cup final on Sunday.
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Asked about the state of mind of his players at the break and a possible excess of confidence in the locker room, the 63-year-old technician brushed aside this hypothesis. “We were simply outmatched and I didn't get the impression that the girls were out of the game, but we started the second half by scoring goals and that touched our morale. "Opinion shared by center-half Estelle Nze Minko at the microphone of TF1:" When we return from the locker room, we are not in, they come back very quickly and we struggle throughout the match. We are very disappointed, but we missed our game. This is the worst half that we do in the whole competition. We have a great course despite everything. I hope that in a few days we will remember how far we have come. "
A setback that in no way alters the ambitions of the France team and its coach.
“France will come back stronger, it's a good lesson for the young players who made their first final.
I believe in knowing how to recognize when is defeated by an opponent who has been better than us.
This was the case against Norway.
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