direct. France-Sweden semi-final at Euro Handball: Blues take control again! Follow the meeting live
For a long time, Sweden plagued the Blues but after losing two semi-finals at the 2021 World Cup and then Euro-2022, Nikola Karabetic’s gang got instructions to beat the European champions last year and count on a repeat at the Euros. Friday 26 January (5:45pm).
69′ Sweden believes until the end
An absolute skylight from the Swedish winger (29-32).
68′ The ball didn’t cross the line!
No drop in score for the Scandinavians (28-32).
68′ The Blues take off
Remilly spoils the score for Sweden (28-32).
66′ What a parade from Desbonnet
Goalkeeper maintains advantage (30-28)
Halftime overtime
Blues lead (30-28) as Sweden goalkeeper injured
64′ and 3!!
Three goals for Dylan Nahy before halftime of this overtime (28-30).
62′ France succeed in this extra time
The Tricolors doubled their lead from the start of overtime
61′ The Blues start on the right foot (again).
Nahi beats Swedish goalkeeper at near post (28-27)
Direction Expansion!!
59′ French equalize !!!!
We go into overtime, powerful free kick scored by Prady (27-27).
59′ France believe it until the final whistle
France narrows the score (27-26)
59′ Sweden all the way
Another Scandinavian goal to bury French hopes at the end of the match (25-27)
58′ Sweden out again!
France in trouble on every Swedish attack (26-25)
56′ The French team is facing an insurmountable hurdle
Swedish goalkeeper repels all French attacks (25-24)
55′ Sweden 5 minutes ahead of time!
Another effective move from the Swedes at the end of the match (25-24).
53′ Belahsin strikes again
The Scandinavians upset the French at the end of the match (24-23).
52′ Descat’s equaliser
Blues remain neck and neck in this meeting (23-23).
51′ Sweden in front for the first time!
Clare damages French defense (23-22)
49′ Mahe misses his 7m!!
Pallika in turn multiplies the parade (22-22).
47′ Swedes equalize again!!
On a devastating counterattack, France is no longer the leader (22-22).
46′ Sweden stops!
Sander allows the northerners to still believe in him (20-21).
45′ 7 meter loser!!
Deskett failed twice against the Swedish goalkeeper, making a memorable double save (21-19).
44′ Sweden is not buried
With long, powerful shots, the Scandinavians edged the Blues (21-19).
42′ Remyly shows the way!
The French team is out (21-18).
42′ Sweden’s post!
France closes in on new weak times (20-18)
41′ Karabetic in the lead!
France gradually took control of the match (20-18).
40′ Dika and France regain the advantage
The Blues get back on track (19-18)
39′ Sweden’s equaliser!!
The French are in trouble in this second period (18-18).
38′ France and Sweden neck and neck
Sweden is back in the game, more than a goal away, (18-17).
37′ Door injury
Valentin Port left the field with an ankle injury (18-16).
35′ The Big Swedish Highlight
Only two goals left (18-16)
33′ The French are worried!
Sweden scores again on the counter (18-15).
32′ The Swedes come back
The break did the Scandinavians good, (17-13).
31′ Fabregas 2 minutes out
Sweden will play in numerical superiority (17-12).
Second half kick-off!
The Blues are back from the locker room!
After a controlled first half, the French team is 30 minutes away from another Euro final! (11-17)
Half-time: Blues in front at the break
With France leading Sweden 17-11, the Scandinavians endured against the French attacking force and the invincibility of their goalkeeper Samir Belahsin. Initially worried at the start of the match, Guillaume Gilles’ men were quickly undone by Swedish defensive errors.
30′ Belahsin again!!
The French goalkeeper kept the score at half-time (17-11).
29′ The Blues end the first period well
From seven meters, Desquet scores the 17th French goal (17-11).
28′ Sweden counter
Yellow reduces the score 3 minutes before the break (16-11).
27′ Highlights prevent French goal!
With a long shot, Remilly thought he scored, the score remained unchanged (16-10).
25′ Mem perforates Sweden
The Blues took cover shortly before half-time (16-10).
23′ Sweden still believe in it!
They also benefit from French mistakes (15-10).
22′ Another bad Swedish withdrawal
France punish Scandinavian mistakes (15-9)
20′ France stop!
At the end of a beautiful counter movement, Mem revives the French (14-9).
18′ France in poor time!
The Blues concede again (13-9).
17′ Sweden reduce the score
France guilty of defensive error (13-7)
16′ Another mistake from the Swedish defence
Blues take advantage of defensive gap to run up score (13-6)
15′ dika mem at the counter
France will enter this semi-final (11-5).
13′ Another winning hand for Belahsene
Tricolor goalkeeper looks elusive (7-4)
Another 7 meters for 12′ blues
Zone defense doesn’t work for Swedes, France falls apart (7-4)
11′ Belahsen multiplies the parade
Big save for the French goalkeeper early in the match (6-4)
10′ France take a break
7 meters to the winner for the Blues! (6-4)
9′ Dika Mem goes for 7m
Vaughn took the tricolor
8′ against France!
Great collective work from the Blues (5-4).
8′ Belahsin save
The French conceded a lot on the counter (4-4).
7′ Good save from the Blues
Lane stops golden chance for Scandinavians (4-4)
6′ First 7m for France
Desket cheats the opposition goalkeeper in a face-off (4-4)
5′ France concede again!
Sweden very efficient in transition (3-4)
4 ‘What to save from Pallika
Blues still trailing on score (3-3)
3’Score reduction
Fabregas allows France to stay at the start of the match (2-3)
2′ Sweden take advantage
On the counter, Sweden scores (1-2).
1’Sweden replies
An almost immediate similarity to the Scandinavians
1′ France start the scoring
Remilly fooled the Swedish goalkeeper with a cross shot (1-0
5:42 pm Hymns are played
Marseillaise sung by the French team
5:40 pm French support
More than 200 supporters are present inside the Lanxes Arena.
5:38 pm Entry of players
The Swedes returned to the field, followed by the French.
5:35 pm Sweden is ready for battle
Even if Sweden loses against Norway, all the players are there, chilled for the meeting.
5:30 pm Early seven for the Blues
Remily, N.Karabatic on the left, Mem on the right, then the Fabregas-Lane-Desquet trio up front.
5:25 pm Macedonian referee for the match
Mr Nikolov and Mr Nachevsky on the whistle for this meeting.
5:20 pm Blues are one step away from the final
If successful against the Swedes, the French team will join either Germany or Denmark in the final this Sunday, January 28 (match at 9pm).
5:15 pm Hello everyone!
Welcome to this live to follow live commentary of the first semi-final of this Euro 2024 handball game between the Blues and Sweden. Kick-off 5:45 pm