Francecurrent Olympic handball champion, suffered a second defeat in two games when losing against Norway (22-27) despite the Blaugrana’s 10 goals from 12 shots Dika Mem.
After the beating it received at its premiere then Denmark (29-37), the alarm bells certainly rang the host team, forced to react in their next three games in group B against Egypt (Wednesday), Argentina (Friday and Hungary (Sunday). So far, Denmark and Norway have a full four points, Egypt and Hungary have two and France and Argentina remain zero.
From the day of the draw, the teams in group A began to speculate and they almost all led to the same conclusion: it would be interesting to finish in the first two in the group to avoid the first two in group B in the quarterfinals, places to be for France and Denmark, top favorites for gold.
However, after the first two days of men’s handball, the ‘bleus’ are struggling to finish in the top two and could be a thorn in the side of the best in group A in the qualifying round. Spain. However, France is now only focused on its passage to the quarterfinals, its main goal.
If this is not achieved, it will be a big surprise and one of the great failures of France in Games in Parisbecause the revalidation of gold is on the mind of the whole country.
Men’s handball
2nd day
Group A
Germany-Japan, 37-26
Slovenia-Croatia, 31-29
Sweden-Spain, 29-26
Classification *
1. Germany (4 points) +7
2. Sweden (2) +0
3. Spain (2) +0
4. Croatia (2) -1
5. Slovenia (2) -1
6. Japan (0) -12
Group B
Denmark-Egypt, 30-27
France-Norway, 22-27
Hungary-Argentina, 35-25
Score *
1. Denmark (4 points) +11
2. Norway (4) +10
3. Hungary (2) +7
4. Egypt (2) +0
5. France (0) -13
6. Argentina (0) -15
* The first four will go to the quarterfinals
Source: La Verdad
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