2 minutes for Philip Glavus (31-30).
A few minutes from the end of the match, the Croats find themselves at 6 o’clock.
Timeout for Blues (30-28)
Five minutes into the period, Guillaume Guillaume calls for a time out.
+3 for France (29-26)
Nedim Remily scored into an empty net, the Blues regained the score by a narrow margin.
The Blues regained a two-goal lead (28-26).
Dylan Nahy’s goal is good, France are on the break again.
2 minutes against Dika Mem and Veron Necinovic (27-26).
Both teams find themselves at 6 o’clock for two minutes.
Return to Croatia (27-26)
A more complicated route offensively for the Blues, the Croats took advantage and got back to 1 goal.
Biggest margin for Blues (26-22)
Nikola Karabetic scored his 289th European Championship goal, a record and allowing the Blues to extend their biggest lead of the match.
2 min against Zvonimir Srna (24-22).
The Croats will play for two minutes in their turn at 6 o’clock.
Red card against Ludovic Fabregas (24-21)
A third two minutes for Ludovic Fabregas which means his exclusion. The Blues will have to do without him for about 20 minutes.
+3 for France (24-21)
The Blues came out strong at the start of the second half and took a 3-goal lead thanks to Dylan Nahy’s first goal. Time-out request by Croatia.
2 minutes for Ludovic Fabregas (21-20).
Ludovic Fabregas is disallowed for the second time in the match.
Blues break again (20-18)
The French team started the second half strongly and took a two goal lead.
Let’s go to the second part (18-18)
The Croats restarted numerically inferior for more than a minute.
Parity score between France and Croatia at the break (18-18)
After taking a 3-goal lead, the Blues saw the Croatians come back and equalize minutes before half-time to keep the tie at the end of the first act.
2 minutes for Croatia (18-18)
After being shown a yellow card early in the match, Veron Necinovic has been allowed two minutes.
Croatia Pick Up (17-17)
The Croatians can count on their goalkeeper Dominik Kuzmanovic to stop the French attempts to get their team back.
Time out for France (13-11)
Guillaume Gill makes his first appearance for the Blues who are starting the match well.
+3 for France (12-9)
France take the lead and extend the gap with Nikola Karabetic’s powerful cross shot.
First lead for Blues (10-8)
Coming out of time-out, the Croats were penalized directly for losing the ball and the Blues took a two-goal lead.
Timeout Croatia (9-8)
The first period of the match is over. It is requested by the Croats, the blues lead.
Croats for two minutes at 6 (8-8)
Tin leucine is approved by the referee. Blues in numerical superiority.
First advantage for France (8-7)
France took the lead for the first time in the match after 13 minutes.
The Blues tied (7-7).
Dika Mem allows the French team to get back on track against the Croatians.
First gap for Croats (3-5)
At 7 vs. 5, the Croats seized the opportunity to take a two-goal lead.
Luka Karabatic allowed to substitute (2-3)
New 2 minutes this time for Luka Karabatic.
2 minutes for Ludovic Fabregas (2-3).
The Croats will have numerical superiority for the first time in the match against the suspended Ludovic Fabregas.
First yellow card of the match (1-1)
Veron Necinovic was quickly penalized by the Croatian side with a yellow card after less than 4 minutes of play.
First goal by Croatia (0-1)
Croats in this meeting open hostility.
Start of the France-Croatia match
Let’s go for this first match of the main round. The blues are busy.
Blues start against Croatia 7
Guillaume Gill keeps the same starter as against Germany.
Kick-off at 6pm.
Hello, welcome to this RMC Live to follow the poster between France and Croatia live as part of the European Handball Championship. The match counts for the main round with the Cologne side kick-off at 6pm.
The Blues begin the main round after securing two victories (against North Macedonia and Germany) and a draw (against Switzerland) during the preliminary rounds. The results are similar for the Croats who beat Spain and Romania and conceded a draw against Austria in this preliminary round.
Broadcast the match on TV on beIN Sports 1 to follow on the radio on RMC as well as in our live text on the RMC Sport website and app.
