Tokyo Olympics: French handball players qualified for the semi-finals

French handball players qualified for the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, largely outperforming Bahrain 42-28.

At the end of this offensive festival, the Blues will face Thursday the winner of the quarter-final between Germany and Egypt, who meet in the evening in Tokyo (8:45 p.m. local, 1:45 p.m. French).

At the Yoyogi stadium, the French team will play its fourth Olympic semi-final in a row and, as in 2008 in Beijing, Nikola Karabatic, Luc Abalo and Michaël Guigou are still making the floor squeal.

The last three of the "Experts" even started against the surprise guest of the quarter-finals, Bahrain, present for the first time at the Olympic tournament. 

A good lead at the break

It is moreover Michaël Guigou who opened the brand.

Proof that the last fires of "Experts" are still burning even if the trio is more than supported by a new generation of talents.

The connection between the two left-handers Nedim Remili and Dika Mem has worked wonders again.

The latter signed four of the first eight goals of the Blues never worried.

After the first twenty minutes of play (12-11), Guillaume Gille's men widened the gap while allowing themselves rotations to return to the locker room with a lead of seven goals (21-14).

In the 45th minute after entering Valentin Porte's first goal, all outfielders had scored.

They will face Germany or Egypt

This is to say the superiority of the Blues against this Bahrain team, made up of players all playing in the Gulf and even almost all in the country.

She had won only one match in the first round, against Japan.

The rest will be more serious for the Blues with either Germany, which they only beat by one goal in the first round (30-29) or Egypt, second in the other group.

However, they are in the most affordable part of the table since they are sure not to cross the longest Danish favorites, double Olympic champions before the possible final.