France – Sweden (33-34) / Nikola Karabatic: “Dying at a goal is so hard”

“At the end, we are almost there, we manage to fight to come back, also regretted Nikola Karabatic with beIN Sports in the wake. It’s infuriating, it was a complicated Euro so we are proud of our performance. We are disappointed, coming to die at a goal, it’s so hard”. Hard but by dint of playing the tightrope walkers, the Blues ended up falling on the wrong side.

A failing defense

This Friday, they all recognize it, it is behind that everything was played. “Gaps can be found in both areas, also recognized Guillaume Gille at the same microphone. We are both very close and, at the same time, we give a lot of gifts that hurt us a lot“. Facing the press, Vincent Gérard, who had a bad evening (3 saves on 28 shots), was much more upset.

“What is a bit tiring is that Gottfridsson did what he wanted from the first to the last minute, regretted the doorman of the Blues. He finished best player of the match, he deserves it. It’s been several times that a player manages to impose his rhythm and that we can’t get out of it“.”We conceded too many goals, we did not find the solution in defense and they have an attack that is difficult to control, they are struggling. This is really where the shoe pinches today“, completed, disappointed, Aymeric Minne.

However, the Blues will leave Hungary and Slovakia with certainties for the future, such as the rise of Minne. And the feeling that this team can survive a lot. “The absentees, we had them from the start, we never hid behind this excuse. We have the team to go all the way, we had it and I think we still have it“, has also estimated Valentin Porte on TF1, proud of the performance of his people.

So, before leaving Budapest, where they will play the small final on Sunday (3:30 p.m.), the Blues made a promise to themselves. “We still have a game to go where we will have to go for the bronze, because in our team many have not yet had a medal.“, explained Captain Porte. “No one spits on a medal“, confirmed Minne. If “the miracle did not happen“Friday, other things happened in this Euro, probably more founding. Able to tip the scenarios on the right side again in the future?