Nantes (AFP)
The French volleyball players have passed the Euro-2019 round of 16 without a problem, winning 3 sets to 0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-21) against Finland on Saturday in Nantes. a XXL Hall full to crack.
European champions in 2015, the French volleyball players will face Tuesday (8:45 pm) in the quarter-finals is Italy, Olympic vice champion in 2016 in Rio, or Turkey, whose 8th final is scheduled Sunday in the end after -Midi (17h00) in Nantes.
Since the start of "their" European Championship, Laurent Tillie's players have yielded only one set, against Italy for the last of the five victories of the group stage in Montpellier.
On Saturday, facing a much less well-placed team, the Blues had a great start in the match, thanks to his star striker / receptionist Earvin Ngapeth and his sharp Stéphen Boyer.
For the first time in the tournament, coach Laurent Tillie was able to line up his classic start six, with Ngapeth, Boyer, Kévin Tillie, Kévin Le Roux, Benjamin Toniutti, and Libero Jenia Grebennikov.
The Blues had a big alert in the second set, with a delay of four points (15-11), gradually filled, especially with the entry into play of Julien Lyneel.
They still have a way to go to achieve the first goal they had set: to reach the last square and see the legendary arena of Paris-Bercy, host of so many exploits of French collective sports, including handball.
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