France falls in Serbia and does not reassure itself before the World Cup

The French lost in Serbia -

Failed beginnings for Guillaume Gille as coach of the French handball team.

Its players lost in Serbia (27-24) in a match counting for the qualifiers for the Euro hand 2022. The Blues will have a second chance against the Serbs on Saturday evening, this time in Créteil, after which they will will fly to Egypt and the World Cup.

A priori without great certainties on their level.

Against the Serbs, the French team stammered its game, as was the case in January 2020 in Norway, and lost in Serbia by three goals for its first qualifying match for Euro 2022. “Even if our team is under reconstruction, it will quickly be necessary to be more efficient than today, ”tweeted Valentin Porte after the meeting.

Penalized by improper use of the ball

“He missed a lot of ingredients.

To find themselves using the ball so badly over the duration of the match, stumbling over the goalkeeper, being so careless with the ball, that put the Serbs in the match and allowed them to take the leadership of the match ”, regretted Guillaume Gille after the meeting.

To travel to Hungary and Slovakia in January 2022, the French will have to take one of the top two places in Group 1, which also includes Belgium and Greece, or finish in the top four third of the eight qualifying groups.

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