Perfectly in place and carried by a very inspired Darleux, the French women are racing in the lead against the Montenegrins, in ambush. Follow the meeting between France and Montenegro live with us.
21:50 – Precious Zaadi (23-17)
After several borrowed attacks, Zaadi returns to the field and reassures everyone by piercing the defense on the right (23-17).
21:48 – Les Bleues in check (22-17)
The French accuse the blow and no longer find solutions on both sides of the field. They have just collected a 3-0 after the blocked shot from Sercien-Ugolin and the off target from Lassource shifted to the wing.
21:47 – Annoyed Blues
The game was stopped in Skopje where Krumbholz and his players complained about the behavior of the Montenegrin fans who shouted and sent balls of paper on the field.
9:45 p.m. – André cashes two in a row (22-16)
After losing his penalty duel against Radicevic, André did not have time to get out and found himself abandoned by Edwige and Toublanc who let Brnovic take support close to the area and score (22-16).
21:44 – Acrobatic Kanor (22-14)
On the left, Kanor creates her own goal by coming into the interval opened by Foppa. She deceives the opposing door acrobatically (22-15).
21:42 – A hole in defense (21-14)
The French are less aggressive on these last actions and this allows the Montenegrins to pick up the pace, like this circulation of fast balls for Jaukovic to shift Papicevic. The left winger beats Darleux between the legs. Time-out requested by Krumbholz who calls his daughters to order (21-14).
21:41 – Montenegro on a good run
Before this match, Montenegro remained on 5 consecutive successes. Only one team has managed to beat it this year: Norway. The Montenegrins failed twice in qualifying against the reigning world champions (27-32 and 23-40).
21:39 – Raicevic passes in the axis (21-12)
In the central sector, Raicevic takes advantage of the position of Alivodic, who retains Hedwige, to infiltrate and go to score closely, Flippes not being able to close the door in time (21-12).
21:37 – Sercien-Ugolin scores (21-11)
Les Bleues are suffocating their opponents. On the right side, Sercien-Ugolin bypasses the counter and with a cross shot finds the opposite skylight to give his side a 10-goal lead (21-11).
21:36 – André also shines
André enters again from the penalty spot and defeats Radicevic by stopping the attempt on his left (19-11).
21:34 – Break against (19-11)
After a good lob from Valentini on the left after a judicious shift from Nze Minko, Les Bleues punish against the loss of the ball in the central sector of Raicevic with a lobbed ball from Toublanc. Popovic asks for a time-out to halt the bad Montenegrin dynamics (19-11).
21:32 – Darleux continues his work
Darleux is impassable in this match and this time, she fends off Papicevic’s shot to the left wing. The Montenegrins only scored two goals in 12 minutes in this second act (17-11).
21:31 – Radicevic lacks accuracy
On the conceded penalty, Darleux gives way to the young André and her 1.84 m. Radicevic wants to surprise by trying a daring lobe but his ball lands just behind the bar (17-11).
9:30 p.m. – The Darleux show
The Montenegrins set the pace and Jaukovic takes the interval on the left. In extension, she shoots uncrossed but Darleux explodes in her zone and takes out the attempt of the Montenegrin. On the counter, Foppa signs his 4th goal (17-11).
21:28 – Flippes misses his shot (16-11)
Small blow less well for the French who have just chained three attacks without success. On the last, Flippes crosses in the axis and weapon at the hip but his shot goes to the right of Batinovic’s goal.
21:26 – Malovic in force (16-10)
Stopping on the left wing, Valentini still tries to pass but misses his attempt. On the following action, Malovic unlocks the Montenegrin counter in the second half in force, after almost 6 sluggish minutes (16-10)
21:24 – The Blues have fun (15-9)
In the central axis, the French anticipate the Montenegrin combination and against Valentini closes. In the process, Darleux closed the door in front of Papicevic before Toublanc gave a 6-goal lead with a nice shot on the right wing (15-9).
21:23 – Kanor tears up the defense (13-9)
On his first support, Kanor erases Papicevic and arms in front of Jaukovic to deceive the Montenegrin door.
21:21 – Darleux stays in goal
We wondered if Darleux was going to stay on the pitch, Krumbholz enjoying giving each of her goalkeepers a period. This time, the coach chose to trust his boss, author of 8 saves before the break. The psychological ascendancy taken could make the difference.
21:06 – The blue defense does the job (12-9)
After a rhythmic first period, the French team returned to the locker room with a three-goal advantage (12-9). Carried by a remarkable Cléopatra Darleux with 8 stops on the clock (47.1%), the daughters of Olivier Krumbholz manage the debates admirably and leave no space for the Montenegrins who are always catchy and encouraged by a strong colony of supporters. Intractable in defense, the Blues were able to find solutions in attack, sometimes with Foppa up close, sometimes from afar with the aerial Kanor.
21:04 – Radicevic on penalty (12-9)
Served by Grbic, Jaukovic wants to take the interval but sees Foppa closing the door to him. The tricolor pivot is in the zone and concedes the penalty that Radicevic takes care of scoring with a hidden shot in the right corner (12-9).
21:03 – Flippes in the interval (12-8)
While the Montenegrins offer a staggered defense at 1-5, Zaadi fixes the central axis and shifts at the last moment Flippes who infiltrates and scores in front of Batinovic (12-8).