LIVE – World Handball Final: it’s hard for the Blues against the Danes

Nicolas Tournat scores in inferiority and Desbonnet then saves the Blues on an attempt by Johan Hansen. Mem temporarily allows France to return to a goal but Lauge Schmidt quickly finds the fault behind.

Mikkel Hansen scores his first goal of the evening on a throw from 7 meters! Again +3 for Denmark.

Prandi reduced the gap but Dika Mem received a two-minute suspension for a foul on the counterattack.

Landin stops a strike from Grebille and Pytlick is successful afterwards, +3 for Denmark!

Lauge Schmid sends a missile then Gidsel allows Denmark to lead again by two goals. France missed their possession.

Saugstrup scores but Prandi then responds, another tie between the two teams at 17-17! The Danes then find the bar.

France have the first possession of this second period and they equalize with Dika Mem!

The last possession does nothing for Denmark, which leads 16 to 15 at the break! France managed to stay in touch despite a difficult start! Pytlick hurts the Blues with his six goals.

6th goal from Pytlick, untenable! But Remili managed an unbalanced shot to allow France to stay in contact.

Remili allows France to return to a goal from Denmark despite the numerical inferiority! 15-14.

Prandi for Fabregas! France remain at three points after a goal from Gidsel on the Danish side. Still a little over 3 minutes for France, penalized for two minutes with Fabregas.

First parade for Desbonnet and France returns to two units thanks to Elohim Prandi! 14-12 and time-out requested by the Danish coach.

Skylight for Pytlick, again found by Mikkel Hansen! 5 out of 6 in 19 minutes for the Dane! Temporary suspension of Jakobsen for two minutes for an anti-play gesture. And France comes back to three goals, 11-14 thanks to Remili.

Jakobsen on the side finds the flaw. The striker then causes a penalty on Luka Karabatic. Richardson succeeds on his second attempt. 13-10 for Denmark.

France’s turn to be sanctioned with Ludovic Fabregas who receives a two-minute penalty.

Melvyn Richardson succeeds in his shot from seven meters! Rémi Desbonnet replaces Vincent Gérard in the Blues cage. Lenne then allows France to come back to three goals, after a nice job from Luka Karabatic.

Nikola Karabatic sees his shot being stopped by Landin! And behind, in numerical inferiority, Kirkelokke sinks France, +5 for Denmark!

Penalty for France and two minutes penalty for Denmark! Mollgaard is sanctioned but Landin manages to stop Kentin Mahé’s attempt. 11-7 for Denmark, with Hansen guiding for Kirkelokke.

Pytlick continues his festival, 100% success to score his fourth goal of the evening, 10 to 6 Denmark.

First stop for Vincent Gérard after 11 minutes of play, against Saugstrup! Denmark still lead, 9-6.

Nedim Remili reduced the gap after the time-out but Lauge Schmidt replied in turn, Lenne managed to score in stride. 7-4 for Denmark.

Loss of ball for France, sanctioned by Lauge Schmidt! 6-2 for Denmark and Guillaume Gille requests the first time-out.

Pytlick scores his third goal but then Saugstrup continues on a pass from Pytlick, 5-2 for Denmark!

Dika Mem scores the first French goal after successfully passing between three defenders!

After a French shot on the bar and the first two saves by Niklas Landin, Denmark scored their third goal of the evening thanks to Pythlick, again him! It starts badly for the Blues.

First goal of the evening for el Denmark thanks to Pytlick, who is playing number 2 tonight! The referee then disallows Yannis Lenne’s goal for France.

Let’s go for this final between France and Denmark, the Olympic champion against the last world champion! Nikola Karabatic is the holder, he who has been uncertain in recent hours.

The veteran of the Blues Nikola Karabatic, although injured in the left foot, is on the score sheet for the World Handball final, Sunday against Denmark in Stockholm, unlike Thibaud Briet, injured in the right hand.

Coach Guillaume Gille therefore selected the same sixteen players as in the semi-final against Sweden (31-26), in a match where Karabatic had not played a single minute.

The left-back or center-half, who is playing his tenth and last World Cup at the age of 38, returned to the quarter-finals against Germany (35-28) from a two-match absence but returned to the bench after twenty minutes, the foot still painful.

If France wins, he would become the most successful handball player in history in all countries combined, with 11 trophies, thus surpassing Thierry Omeyer and Mickaël Guigou by one unit.

The Tel2 Arena is packed. Logical because Sweden is playing at the moment. But the ticket office is not separate and the Danes are already present in large numbers. We see a few French people with blue jerseys, including a family from Martinique but who live in Strasbourg. It is only a 7 hour drive between Stockholm and Copenhagen. The red tide is expected with the Swedish yellow tide expected to stay to see the final.

The veteran of the Blues Nikola Karabatic, injured in the left foot, remains very uncertain for the final, while the right wrist of Elohim Prandi “is a little better”, indicated Saturday the coach Guillaume Gille. “I can’t know what state my foot will be in. I have two more days to try to recover and play this final,” Karabatic, who is 38 years old and playing in his tenth and last World Cup, told the press.

Excellent in the semi-finals of the World Cup on Friday against Sweden, the goalkeeper of the French team Vincent Gérard is only one game away from the title. Invited on Saturday on RMC, he projected himself on the shock against the formidable Danes.

“It’s very strong, he warned. The Danes, we no longer have to present them. Last year, we played them for the 3rd place match (at the Euro, victory of the Denmark) this year it will be for the title. Before we also played them for the title (in the final of the Olympic Games, gold medal for the Blues). We meet them a little all the time.”

The French team brilliantly qualified for the World Handball final by beating Sweden 31-26 in the semi-finals on Friday in Stockholm. The Blues will therefore aim for a seventh world championship title against Denmark this Sunday in the Swedish capital.

“We are very happy, we opened the door to the gold medal but there is still one match left, the most difficult against a very good team from Denmark, reacted hotly to French goalkeeper Vincent Gérard live on RMC. us to straighten our heads.”

It’s finals day! Six years after its last coronation at Bercy in 2017, the French handball team faces, on its way to a seventh world crown, the Danish double title holders, this Sunday (9 p.m.) in the final in Stockholm. To follow live commented on the site and the RMC Sport application.