Paris (AFP)

The French handball players lost against Serbia 27 to 24, late Tuesday afternoon in Zrenjanin, as part of the qualifications for the 2022 European Championship, for their first match since the Euro-2020 fiasco .

For the first of Guillaume Gille at the post of coach, the Blues did not find the solution in defense against Serbia and stammered their game in attack.

They will have the opportunity to resume Saturday early evening in Créteil (19:00), still against Serbia in qualifying for Euro-2022.

To compete in the continental tournament in January 2022, the first to 24 teams, the French will have to take one of the first two places in group 1, which also includes Greece and Belgium, or finish among the best four thirds of the eight groups. of qualifications.

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