A two-faced French team against Germany (35-28) will have to do even better in hostile territory.
Winners without trembling of Egypt (26-22), the Swedes receive the Blues in a white-hot room.
This semi-final will be played at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, which can accommodate 30,000 spectators.
We meet once again.
Friday evening, the Blues have an appointment with their executioners of Euro 2022 and World Cup 2021, with long teeth.
Undefeated since the start of the competition in Poland and Sweden, the men of Guillaume Gille, reigning Olympic champions, will sell their skin dearly in the den of the Tele2 Arena swollen to block.
At what time and on which channel to see the semi-final France - Sweden?
The semi-final of the world championship between the Blues and Sweden will be broadcast on TF1, in clear, and on beIN Sports 1, only for subscribers, this Friday January 27 at 9 p.m.
You can also follow the handball semi-final France - Sweden live on 20minutes.fr via our live commentary.
The Blues must reverse the trend
Beaten by this opponent in the semi-final of the 2021 world championship (26-32) and that of Euro 2022 (33-34), the French know what awaits them against the Swedes.
Organizer of the next Olympic Games, France has a status to assert.
After beating Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Iran, Spain and finally Germany in the competition, Guillaume Gille's men fear no one.
While the quarter-final of the World Cup was watched by 1.08 million viewers, there is no doubt that this semi-final will have a better audience.
With its experience acquired over the past few years at the highest level, the France team is capable of bringing down any nation.
For this match, the coach of the Blues will be able to count on almost all of his workforce.
Dika Mem in right-back, Ludovic Fabregas in pivot, Melvin Richardson in center half… In goal, it's a safe bet that Remi Desbonnet, man of the match against the
Nationalmannshaft
(14 saves), will be aligned.
If Nikola Karabatic and Elohim Prandi are back on their feet, the French team can go into battle being complete.
But the legend of the Blues and Thibaud Briet, both left backs, are affected and uncertain.
While it is playing its fifth World Championship semi-final in a row, the French selection is beginning to know how to apprehend this type of event.
At least, we hope so...
Very good in the quarter-finals, Kentin Mahé, author of 30 goals in this world championship, can also tip the scales in favor of the Blues.
The armada of left-handers of the Blues (Mem, Remili, Richardson, Porte and Lenne) is also ready to break the Swedish lock and to go, why not, to seek a seventh world title afterwards!
Proof of the importance of the event, it is Grégoire Margotton who will be commenting on TF1.
Sweden, sure of its strength
Pushed by their supporters, the Swedes want to lift again a trophy that has eluded them since 2004. The reigning European champions obviously have arguments to make, starting with their captain, PSG goalkeeper Andreas Palicka.
With his lining Tobias Thulin, they are at 40% success in the stops on the world championship.
Intractable against Egypt in the quarter-finals, the Parisian would see himself becoming a nightmare for the attack of his host country.
Admittedly, the local star Jim Gottfridsson, injured in the index, will be absent for the rest of the World Cup, but the Swedish workforce has what to compensate for this absence of size.
We think for example of Eric Johansson, best player of the last Euro, who has already scored 33 goals in the competition.
This clash between two of the competition's undefeated favorites promises to be close and sparking.
It remains to be seen who will best manage this grandiose event.
Go Blues!
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