Already qualified for Euro 2024, the French men’s handball team very easily won 19-38 in Latvia, with a very revamped team.
Qualified for Euro 2024 in Germany since March 11 thanks to its victory over Poland, the French men’s handball team plays two games without challenge to finish this qualification phase, in Latvia on Wednesday and against Italy on Sunday. at Rouen. And Guillaume Gille, the coach, had decided to rest his Parisian, Montpellier or even Barcelona cadors, who still have very important European matches to play in the coming weeks.
But that didn’t stop the Olympic champions from winning 19-38 in Latvia with a revamped squad. In the small hall of Valmiera, the French led from start to finish in this part. They started with a 3-0, then led 5-2 after ten minutes, 13-5 after twenty minutes and 20-9 at half-time, thanks in particular to a shooting success rate of 74%.
Four Blues to five goals
The second period was of the same ilk (72% shooting success, this time), with a score of 27-14 in the 40th minute of play, 33-18 in the 50th, and in the end a victory of 19 goals . The 30-year-old Nantes native Jérémy Toto took advantage of this meeting to score his first goal for the France team, while the 28-year-old Dunkirk goalkeeper Samir Bellahcene remained on the bench and therefore did not honor his first selection. It’s probably only a postponement…
In goal, Rémi Desbonnet made 8 saves (44% success) and Charles Bolzinger 3 saves (25%). But it was indeed in attack that the Blues shone, and they are also four to share the title of top tricolor scorer of the match: Aymeric Minne, Julien Bos, Elohim Brandi and Melvyn Richardson, who scored 5 goals each (but Bos is the only one who didn’t miss a shot). A great victory and no injuries to report, the results are therefore positive before the last match against Italy. The Blues can already start looking towards 2024!
French markers: Y.Lenne (1), Minne (5), Bos (5), Prandi (5), Richardson (5), Tournat (4), Grebille (1), Toto (1), Kounkoud (3), Nahi (4 ), Monar (4)