Handball player Michaël Guigou had an excellent evening on Tuesday evening.

First of all because he participated in the victory of the French in Greece 40 to 31, which allows the Blues to get closer to the European Championship 2022. But above all, by scoring, he crossed the 1,000 goal mark during the match. in the French handball team.

At 39, the player from Nîmes has therefore written a small page in the history of French hand: in the 10th minute on a 7-meter throw, the captain became the fourth player in the blue jersey to cross the 1,000 mark. selection goals.

And a few minutes later, he added a 1.001st on a superb kung fu between wingers, receiving the offering of Valentin Porte from his left wing.

Only three other players had crossed this symbolic milestone: Jérôme Fernandez, who remains the best director of the Blues with 1,463 goals, Nikola Karabatic with 1,210 goals and Frédéric Volle with 1,016 goals.

Victory in a trap match

Tuesday evening, in Korydallos, on the outskirts of Athens, all the ingredients were there for a trap match for the French: a small room, an almost non-existent preparation with a rally started on Monday, and an opponent that France had not played for a long time. The Blues came off the score quite quickly and managed their lead, however making a very muddled copy at times, especially in the second half. The 31 goals conceded against a very modest Greek team, testify to a poorly controlled game defensively and more complicated than hoped for at the start.

But the result is there.

Thanks to this victory, the French now have 7 points in the race for Europe, three more than Greece (4) and two less than Serbia (9).

In this group, Belgium was forced to forfeit due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Above all, the French can validate from Thursday, and without playing, their ticket for Hungary and Slovakia, host countries of Euro-2022 from January 13 to 30, in case of defeat of Greece against Serbia.

Otherwise, they will have to take at least the point of the draw against these same Greeks on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Créteil.

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