Thanks to this first victory in the main round, the Blue take the lead of their group I with six points, one more than Russia (5), which could not do better than a draw (26-26) against Slovenia (3 pts).
Saturday early evening (6:00 p.m.), Coralie Lassource's teammates will mathematically ensure their qualification for the quarter-finals in the event of victory against Serbia, 4 points, which relaunched in the race thanks to its victory over the wire against Montenegro (27-25).
If the match against Montenegro 48 hours ago had hardly settled in the last ten minutes, the game against Poland was conducted much more smoothly by the players of Olivier Krumbholz, who made a very good first start. period, escaping six goals (12-6) after just twenty minutes.
Brest left-hander Alicia Toublanc ideally started the French women's match, scoring her first three goals on her right wing, while Grace Zaadi once again made her arm and her dynamism speak for themselves in attack.
The coach then took the opportunity to rotate his workforce a bit, in a match very quickly mastered by the French, physically stronger than the Poles.
He made several tries on the right side of the back base, still deprived of Laura Flippes (sprained left ankle four days ago), in particular Estelle Nze Minko or Allison Pineau, rather successful (3 goals including a penalty, 100%).
The defense once again prevented any hint of Polish offensive, for a fourth match with less than 20 goals conceded, while the French goalkeepers, Laura Glauser and Cléopatre Darleux, each had half time to express themselves.
The French Méline Nocandy in the attack against the goal of Poland in Granollers, December 9, 2021 Josep LAGO AFP
After Saturday's test against the Serbs, the French will face Russia on Monday evening (8:30 p.m.) at the end of this phase of the main round, with their eyes turned towards the first place in Group I, in order to avoid the scarecrow of the group IV, Norway, another big favorite with France in the tournament.
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