REPLAY. Handball at the Paris 2024 Olympics: largely dominated by Norway, the Blues must settle for silver

Nze Minko et les Bleues butent sur la Norvège dans ce premier acte. MAXPPP – ALEX PLAVEVSKI

L’équipe de France féminine de handball s’est lourdement inclinée contre la Norvège en finale des Jeux Olympiques, ce samedi 10 août (21-29) au stade Pierre-Mauroy de Villeneuve d’Ascq.

Attack failure

Having won the title of Olympic champions in Tokyo for the first time, the French women's handball team was unable to retain its title and let Norway win a third after 2008 and 2012.

Still in the race at half-time, the French women were unable to find the fault in the second half and were limited to only 8 goals. Stray balls and missed shots dampening hopes of a comeback.

A match to relive here:

4:28 p.m.

End of the match: France 21 – 29 Norway

Silent in the second half, the Blues were unable to come back on Norway in this second act.

4:25 p.m.

59e

Kanor finds the goal and Herrem responds on his wing (21-29). Granier misses his last shot like the entire French attack.

16h24.

58e

Kanor misses his shot. Brattset Dale savors the future coronation with a new goal (20-28).

4:23 p.m.

57e

Flippes finds Lunde making a pastis. It's over for the Blues. Reistad scores at 9m (20-27).

4:22 p.m.

56e

Brattset Dale widens a significant gap with a new goal at 6m (20-26).

4:20 p.m.

55e

France's time out. Foppa is eccentric to the right and falls on Lunde.

4:19 p.m.

54e

Oftedal recovers the ball after a missed interception and goes alone to beat Glauser (20-25).

4:16 p.m.

53e

Time out for Norway. Glauser makes the pastis on Reistad and Flippes gets a 7m throw converted by Horacek (20-24).

4:15 p.m.

52e< /h2>

Refusal to play against Norway. Bouktit snatches a 7m throw. Horacek finally scores (19-24).

4:14 p.m.

51e

Reistad is given a two-minute penalty for obstructing a French restart. Granier finds the gap (18-24).

16h13.

50e

Bouktit doesn't catch the ball and France loses the ball again.

16h13.

49e

Moerk loses the ball in attack.

16h11.

48e

Herrem on the left wing left adds a new goal (17-24). Kanor misses the target.

16h10.

47e

Reistad scores again! (17-23). ​​Grandveau's foot, catastrophic second half for the Blues who show no signs of rebellion. Glauser takes his place.

16h09.

46e

Foppa snatches a 7m throw. Horacek shoots wide of the goal.

4:07 p.m.

45e

Foppa shifts Kanor who finds space (17-21). Reistad still finds the fault at 7m (17-22).

4:06 p.m.

44e

Valentini is shifted to the left but her shot hits the outside net. Bad pass from Kristiansen for his winger.

4:05 p.m.

43e

Sako finally makes the stop on Oftedal.

4:05 p.m.

42e

< p class="live-post__primer">Kanor finds the target at 9m with an uncrossed shot (16-21). 5-1 defense proposed by the Bleues.

4:02 p.m.

41e

Horacek tries the shot in the outside interval but Lunde is still well placed. Brattset Dale scores two goals in quick succession while Horacek has lost the ball on a market (15-21). Time out for France.

16h01.

40e

Flippes intercepts and scores alone. Reistad continues his good performance with a goal from 6m (15-19).

16h00.

39e

Skogrand hits the post from his wing. Nze Minko loses the ball and France can no longer do anything in attack.

15h59.

38e

Nze Minko cannot control the ball in the pivot position.

15h57.

37e

Skogrand is well offset and deceives Sako at the near post (14-18). Flippes takes the gap and arrives at 6m but Lunde stops.

15h57.

36e

Reistad does not find the frame with the refusal of play and Sako passes directly to Lunde. France can't seem to get its game going.

3:56 p.m.

35e

Flippes is intercepted while trying to find Toublanc on his wing.

3:55 p.m.

34e

Nze Minko shoots in suspension and is jostled but it is caught by Lunde.

3:52 p.m.

33e

When Moerk refuses to play, he shoots in the ribs but Sako intervenes!

3:51 p.m.

32e

Nze Minko finds the gap in front of her but she stumbles on Lunde. Moerk loses the ball while dribbling and Nze Minko does not find Foppa in pivot.

15h50.

31e

Flippes finds the external solution. Brattset Dale is found again to put +3 back (14-17).

15h48.

30e

Norway kicks off this second period while Sako enters the French goal. Brattset Dale finds the rebound goal (13-16).

3:35 p.m.

Half-time: France 13 – 15 Norway

The waste in attack prevents the Blues from being ahead of Norway at half-time. Glauser has not yet really entered the match despite 5 saves.

3:33 p.m.

29th

Refusal to play against Norway but left winger Herrem finds space (12-14). Foppa scores on the pivot and Oftedal puts in a rib at the siren that Glauser doesn't touch (13-15).

15h31.

28e

Time-out for France. Flippes misses his pass to the left back.

15h30.

27e

Flippes misses his pass to Foppa. Oftedal obtains a 7m throw for Norway. Moerk passes between Glauser's legs (12-13).

15h29.

26e

Reistad finally finds Glauser on his trajectory.

15h28.

25e

Reistad continues to lead Norway at 9m (12-12). Valentini is shifted to her left wing but hits the post.

15h27.

24e

Reistad equalizes at 9m (11-11). Flippes breaks away and gets a 7m. Horacek scores between Solberg's legs (12-11).

15h25.

23e

Kanor takes his chance at 9m but it goes over. Oftedal takes the interval and comes to beat Glauser from close range (11-10). Horacek also takes his chance but it hits the post.

15h24.

22e

Kanor is well shifted to the left by Flippes and deceives Lunde at the near post (11-9). Jacobsen is given two minutes. Skogrand on his right wing hits the crossbar.

15h22.

21e

Skogrand comes up against Glauser on the right wing and Kanor finds the top corner on contact (10-8). Time out for Norway. Reistad scores from 9m (10-9).

3:21 p.m.

20e

Skogrand is shifted to the right and deceives Glauser at the near post (8-8). Quick engagement and Nocandy scores (9-8).

3:20 p.m.

19e

Against Lassource is alone at 6m but takes Lunde's leg. Granier intercepts and goes to counter beat Lunde (8-7).

15h19.

18e

Kanor takes his chance but the shot is blocked. Oftedal takes his chance at 9m and equalizes (7-7).

15h18.

17e

< p class="live-post__primer">Skogrand also takes the pole on the 7m throw.

3:17 p.m.

16th

Foppa recovers at 6m and beats Lunde (7-6). Oftedal gets a 7m throw.

15h16.

15th

Kristiansen finds Glauser on his way too.

15h15.

14th

Oftedal takes the gap in the center and beats Glauser (6-6). Nocandy stumbles upon Lunde.

15h14.

13e

Moerk collects a 7m throw. She shoots it but smashes the crossbar. Foppa is found in pivot but his shot goes wide.

15h12.

12e

A two Foppa-Nocandy which ends in the back (6-5).

15h11.

11e

Foppa is tackled by Aardahl who is given a two-minute penalty.

15h10.

10e

Solberg is shifted to the left and deceives Glauser at the near post. Valentini responds with a lob to Lunde (5-5)

15h09.

9e

Reistad lands a schwenker and finds himself face to face with Glauser (4-4). Nze Minko takes the outer gap on the left but his shot misses the target.

15h09.

8e

Flippes is penalized for a forced passage.

15h08.

7e

Moerk gets a 7m throw. She lands a lob on Glauser (4-3).

3:06 p.m.

6e

Horacek takes the outside interval but his high shot takes Lunde's hand.

3:05 p.m.

5e

Moerk finds Glauser , Horacek stumbles upon Lunde and Moerk finds the fault at 6m (4-2).

3:04 p.m.

4e

On the left wing, Solberg scores the first Norwegian goal (3-1). Toublanc in a tight corner also scores (4-1).

3:03 p.m.

3e

Reistad tries from 9m but Glauser intervenes. Flippes finds the interval at 6m and finds the top corner after the rebound (3-0).

3:02 p.m.

2e

Interception on Reistad, Nze Minko finishes the counterattack on Lunde. Valentini scores on his wing (2-0).

3:00 p.m.

1e

Flippes takes the external interval and gets a penalty. Horacek scores the 7m (1-0).

14h54.

0e

France kicks off this final.

14h45.

H – 15'

In the match for third place and the bronze medal, Denmark got the better of Sweden (30-25).

14h30.

H – 30'

This confrontation between two monsters of women's handball will be the highlight of the Olympic competition. On one side, the French, reigning Olympic and world champions, face the Norwegians, reigning double European champions.

2:15 p.m.

H – 45'

Defeated by Sweden in the opening match, Norway then won each of its matches. In the quarter-finals, Brazil was no match (32-15) before the Norwegians overcame Denmark (25-21) in the semi-finals.

2:00 p.m.

H – 60'

The French team fought for the first time in the tournament in the semi-finals against Sweden (31-28 a.p.) to reach the final, after a well-controlled quarter-final against Germany (26-23).