28th : Bellahcene has a crazy match and on top of that the Swedes offer him moldy shots to allow him to boost his stats. When he doesn’t even need that!
27th: A little loss of ball, Sweden takes advantage, 16-11 France
27th : AAAAHHHH THE TIME OUT OF GUILLAUME GILLE WHEN PRANDI SENT A TOMAHAWK INTO THE OPPOSITE GOAL! It’s annoying
26th: WOW! The way Dika Mem has just pierced the Swedish defense to give France their 16th goal. It’s beautiful
25th : NEW QUIET STOP OF BELLAHCENE! He’s on a cloud
23rd : Arf Remili’s walk it seems to me, sanctioned in the wake of a Swedish goal. 15-10 for France, which still remains very quiet
22nd: POUAAAAH PRANDI THE SPACE CHOUQUETTE HE CLEANED THE SWEDISH LULU
21st: Dika Mem stops the bleeding! And that makes 14-9 for the Blues
20th: Attention!!! The Blues are losing precision and Sweden is already showing up again. Guillaume Gille, when is the downtime?
18th : First badly harvested shot of the game for the Blues, signed Remili who sends the ball to the roof of the room
17th : Carlsbogard to reduce the score, 13-7
16th: Lenne wanders and it makes 13-6! The Swedes are completely lost in my opinion
16th : 12-6, the Blues score twice as much as the Swedes for the moment, it’s very good
14th: The Swedes score their first goal in nine minutes. The crazy sequence that the French team has just produced! We are still at +5. And +6 right now thanks to Remili
13th: BELLAHCENE SIGNS A NEW ARREST! On the quick game that follows, Descat does not forgive, and it makes +5
12th: DESCAT! He does not forgive a 7 meter throw again obtained by Niko Karabatic, who had forced the defense into the opposing zone. +4 France
10th: BELLAHCENE MAKE ME CHILDREN! Two stops in a row, France concedes no goals in numerical inferiority and behind, Mem worsens the score. BOOM! +3 for the Blues
9th: Thank you Kentin! 6-4, Mahé does not tremble
9th: LEGENDARY DIKA WHO, EVEN IN THIS DESPERATE SITUATION, WILL SEEK A PENO
9th: Oh no, stupid mistake! Bad change in the middle of the action with Bellahcene, sanctioned with a new two-minute penalty. France will spend a minute in double numerical inferiority
8th : Magnificent French action concluded with subtlety by Remili, France takes the lead, 5-4
7th : Good news, Bellahcene makes his first stop. The bad news is that Descat takes two minutes in the teeth for a mistake upstream
6th: VERY GOOD DESCAT! On a penalty obtained by Nico Karabatic, Descat did not tremble and equalized. 4-4
5th : 4-3 for Sweden. It’s easy for the Scandinavians there
4th: LENNE TO EQUAL! But still already three stops for Palicka. We will quickly have to find the solution to make the Swedish goalkeeper waver
3rd: HERE’S LUDO! Fabregas reduced the score after a first failed attempt by Mem but pushed back into the French feet by Palicka. 2-3
3rd: OUCH! Two offensive duels missed by the French who already concede the break. Cursed Palicka… It makes 1-3 for the Swedes
2nd: Carlsbogard is also already very hot as evidenced by this meteorite to equalize. 1-1
1st: REMILI OPENS THE SCORE TO THE RIGHT! 1-0, off to a strong start for the Blues
5:45 p.m.: IT’S GONEIIIIIIIII
5:43 p.m. : Where we see that the Marseillaise has an advantage over many anthems, especially before a match, is that the one from Sweden reminds me more of a family walk on the edge of a frozen lake at -10 degrees. Not ideal for getting into the swing of half a Euro of handball
5:35 p.m. : Let’s go for the players to enter the field. The ceremony always lasts 3-4 minutes, we know. I’m not a huge fan, but it’s part of folklore
5:25 p.m.: TUT TUT, it’s time to open the live. Around twenty minutes before kick-off, we remember to warm up our shoulders and wrists well, so as not to sprain anything. Physical match in perspective against the tough Swedes
So far, the Blues’ copy of the hand in this Euro is close to perfection, despite a slight hitch against Switzerland (26-26): six victories and a draw. But this record will no longer carry much weight if the Karabatic brothers’ team does not overcome the Swedish obstacle this Friday in the semi-final. An almost ritual reunion at this level: in the last five competitions, this is the fourth time that they have occurred. For now, the results lean in favor of the Scandinavians, who won at the 2021 World Cup and at Euro 2022, before losing at the 2023 World Cup, at home.
Unlike last year, the reigning European champions will be able to count on their lethal weapon Jim Gottfridsson, who was withdrawn due to injury at the time. The road to a fourth continental title for France, which would be the first in ten years, is strewn with pitfalls. The winner of this duel will then have to face Germany or Denmark in the final. Either the host country or the outgoing three-time world champion.
» Because we can’t miss this kind of shock, we’ll meet around 5:30 p.m.