“Putting Egypt so many goals behind us, we have to be solid even if they are in the middle of Ramadan and it’s complicated”: reactions from France – Egypt

Thanks to its two victories this week, the French team won the Trophée des continents in Montpellier. FREE MIDI – Giacomo Italiano

The players of the French handball team savored their victory against Egypt (39-31), Saturday March 16 at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier during their second friendly match of the week .

Guillaume Gille, coach of the France team: "There was a nice rise in power today& ;#39;today, with an opponent who required it. It was a very rhythmic week with which we can be happy with the work done and the commitment of the athletes. It's not easy to find yourself in a week between club fixtures, half in trophy celebration mode, public reunion mode and doing the job at the same time. It proves the ability of this group to make the switch and move on to the next part of the adventure."

Yanis Lenne, right winger of the France team: "It's good to finish this week with two victories, Egypt is a very good team at world level. It's nice to face two teams who are not European, so it was great. I'm happy that the tournament took place in Montpellier so it's only positive."

Kentin Mahé, center half of the France team: "We played this match thoroughly, in front of our audience, we had no reason not to do it. As you mention, it's certain that against a team that hasn't eaten all day and doesn't sleep at night, it's complicated for them to persist in a match, especially against the France team. They still managed to hold on well, to respect the game and this match. We can be satisfied with this match, we had a lot of rotations, everyone was able to show what they had to show. In front of our audience, it was great."

Vincent Gérard, goalkeeper of the France team: "At the collective level, put the' Egypt has so many goals behind us, we have to be solid even if they are in the middle of Ramadan and it's complicated. When we see the quality of these players and the clubs they play for, it's a great performance this evening."