The coach of the French handball team Guillaume Gille summoned 21 players this Saturday, for the double friendly meeting against Spain, in Paris-Bercy then in Chambéry, on April 14 and 16. These last games of the season of the Blues will mark the return of captain Valentin Porte.
The 31-year-old from Montpellier had not participated in the Golden League matches in Denmark, against Norway and the host country. He then entrusted The Team his “great psychological difficulties”. “The therapist spoke of depression, it must not turn into depression,” said the winger or right back.
Gille “impatient” to find his captain
“Everything remains open with Valentin for that week, however, notes Guillaume Gille on the Federation website, about a rally which will begin on April 11. We will quietly take stock at the beginning of the course in order to consider the future. I believe that the personal work that he has undertaken makes him progress; I can’t wait to see him back with us. »
Other Olympic champions in Tokyo absent last month in Denmark will return for this reunion with the French public: Nikola Karabatic (rested in March), but also Hugo Descat, Vincent Gérard and Nicolas Tournat, who were injured.