• First in Group I, the France team has won all its matches and is coming into this quarter-final of the World Cup with full confidence.

  • Guillaume Gille's men find Germany, second in Group III after their defeat against Norway in the last meeting.

  • The match will be played at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk (Poland), which can accommodate 11,409 people.

Serious things begin for the Blues.

In the Polish city of Gdansk, made famous by the trade union revolt of former Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, the French team is preparing to fight a crucial battle.

It must be said that this quarter-final of the world championship opposes two of the greatest nations of handball.

For this shock, Guillaume Gille's men can count on the return of their legend Nikola Karabatic.

We are already salivating...

What time and on which channel to see the quarter-final France - Germany?

The quarter-final of the world championship between the French team and the

Mannschaft

will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1, only for subscribers, this Wednesday January 25 at 8:30 p.m.

You can also follow the France - Germany final match live on 20minutes.fr via our live commentary.

The Blues are running at full speed

Authors of a faultless during the main round, with in particular a prestigious success against Spain during the last day (28-26), the Blues approach the decisive phase of this world championship with all the lights on green .

Right-back Dika Mem, back from injury against La

Roja

, seems to have regained his fitness at the best time.

Considered one of the best players in the world, the talent and strike force of the Barça player will undoubtedly be essential against the Germans.

As he celebrates his 20th birthday in Blue, Nikola Karabatic (38) will also be present on Wednesday evening, after being removed from the courts for a bruised foot.

A true icon of world handball, the quadruple world champion will be able to bring his aura and his experience to this group which has been greatly rejuvenated.

Especially since it could be his last world championship game.

But we don't like to think about it...



Carried by its armada of exceptional left-handers (Mem, Remili, Richardson, Porte and Lenne), the Blues know how to hurt their rival, deprived of many executives.

They will also have to correct the inaccuracies at the start of the match against La

Roja

and an inefficiency of which they were no longer used to us (13 goals in the first period only).

In goal, Vincent Gerard, author of a 16/41 stoppage against the Spaniards, proved that we could count on him.

The Olympic champions, who benefit from an extra day of rest compared to their adversaries, are favorites but will have to be wary of the German youth.

The Mannschaft and the Knorr dependency

Despite his young age (22), center half Juri Knorr is the real leader of this German team.

The whole game goes through him, and leans strongly to the left.

In the first half against the Norwegians, the Rhein-Neckar Löwen player panicked the counters with a 7/8 on shots and 4 assists.

His performance, however, was not enough to prevent Norway's victory in the final game.

The fault of a great Torbjorn in the goals (12 shots repelled out of 22) and the exclusion of the German prodigy.

The

Mannschaft

will therefore have the “punishment” of facing the blue ogre.

However, Knorr won't be the only player to watch as the milk boils over.

It's a whole collective that can cause many problems for the Blues if their defensive organization is lacking.

The excellent goalkeeper Andreas Wolff also has the means to thwart the offensive projects of the French.

The Blues no longer bowed to Germany

since January 2013, almost ten years to the day, and intend to continue their series this evening.

At the edge of the Baltic Sea, this World Cup poster promises to sparkle.

Especially since the triple world champions (1938, 1978 and 2007) remain on a defeat against the French during the last Olympic Games, in the group stage, in Tokyo (30-29).

Revenge time has come!

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