At the Arena Paris Sud, this Sunday, August 3, the French team must obtain at least one point against Hungary in order to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympic Games.
It’s now or never for the French team. In great difficulty in these JO 2024 (two defeats, one draw for only one success), the Blues must not tremble to reach the quarter-finals of the queen of competitions: they need at least a draw against Hungary to obtain their sesame.
Before this crucial meeting, French coach Guillaume Gille put the pressure on his men: “It’s quite rare in a competition to be forced to wait until the fourth match to say that we’ve finally won. It shows how difficult we are. Argentina put us back on our path, namely this final (of the group stage) to play against the Hungarians. We’ll take stock at the end of the competition. I’m focused on what’s next, the next step is a special moment that we’ll experience on Sunday. Either we win and continue the adventure, or we go home.”
As an old adventurer, Nikola Karabaticwho will retire at the end of the 2024 Olympics, was confident: “After such a complicated start to the tournament, the team could implode, it could pull in all directions, individually and collectively, we could start looking for excuses… and we don’t! Even when things don’t go our way, we play, we fight on the pitch. I’m very proud of that. The level will rise little by little. Confidence is built over the long term. We knew that we had the last three matches to get out of these first two failures. For the moment, everything is going well, plan B is working… in any case there is no plan C (smile). So it would be good if plan B worked.”
At the Arena Paris Sud, France will take on Hungary in their final match of the group stage of the 2024 Olympic Games. Kick-off will be at 4:00 p.m.
During the entire 2024 Olympics, you will have the choice of channel to follow the matches of the Blues. France Télévisions and Eurosport are the broadcasters. It will be France 3 or Eurosport 8 to follow France – Hungary.
To follow France – Hungary streaming on your smartphone, computer or tablet you will have two possibilities. To do this, you can register for free on the france.tv platform or subscribe to the max.com subscription.
- The Blues squad for this France – Hungary: Desbonnet, Gérard; Descat, Tournat, N.Karabatic, Prandi, Remili, Mem, Richardson, Lenne, Porte, Fabregas L.Karabatic, Konan.
- The Hungarian group for this France – Hungary: Bartucz, Mikler; Ancsin, Banhidi, Bodo, Boka, Fazekas, Hanusz, Ilic, Lekai, Ligetvari, Rodriguez, Rosta, Sipos.
- NetBet: France (1.29) Draw (12.00) – France (4.80).
- Betclic: France (1.14) – Draw (14.00) – Hungary (6.75).
- Unibet: France (1.14) – Draw (14.00) – Hungary (6.70).