“
In a few minutes, gold became silver: Gidsel has never been so disappointed and Pytlick has difficulty holding back his tears
.”
The main Danish daily,
Jyllands-Posten
, summarizes in this way the final lost to the wire by Denmark, which led - by one score - during the entire second half against Guillaume Gille's men.
This same Danish daily also headlined another article published this Sunday “Are we about to lose everything we know?”
The Danes, favorites of the competition and reigning world champions, have not been full of confidence with this defeat, which comes 179 days before the opening of the Olympic tournament.
“An unbearable Danish destiny”
For its part, one of the three main national dailies,
Politiken
, also placed Denmark's defeat on its front page this Monday.
A photo of Mikkel Hansen, in tears, is visible on the front page of the daily.
On its website, the national media asked in particular “why did Mikkel Hansen spend so much time on the bench?”
Denmark-France DR
Finally,
BT
was more enthusiastic about the performance of Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen's men, while retaining a bitter taste for this small Danish poor performance: “
An unbearable Danish fate - but we still take our hat off.
»
The blue victory floods the newsstands
In France, national and regional daily newspapers congratulated the French handball team.
The newspaper
L'Équipe
referred to the recurrence of French titles by headline “Encore et encore”.
The daily
La Montagne
also reserved its front page for the French victory, writing “France wins”.
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The regional daily of Grenoble and its surroundings,
Le Dauphiné Libéré
, wrote like some others "Les Bleus on the roof of Europe", a title which perfectly and simply sums up this tricolor victory, which propels them to the top of European handball and global.
Generally speaking, the main French newspaper headlines placed the French victory on their front pages, such as
Ouest-France
or
L'Indépendant
, highlighting the Catalan pivot Ludovic Fabregas, the only Frenchman in the typical team of the competition.