Joy and satisfaction. Victorious exit (35-32 after extra time) of its quarter-final against Hungary, the France team has offered itself the right to continue the adventure under the sun of Cairo, where it will play Friday (5.30 p.m.) against the Sweden a place in the final and possibly a 7th world title. The Blues have suffered, but they are happy.
Guillaume Gille (France team coach): “At the end of this fierce fight, we managed to find the way to victory in exceptional circumstances: a catastrophic start to the match, injuries, overtime. A just crazy scenario. I am proud of the state of mind of the boys, who did not give up and went very deeply to seek the resources to come back to this game. This qualification validates the work and the orientations taken in a particular context. Our great strength in this campaign is the boys’ state of mind, their desire to fight and continue to progress. The group solidifies around the project. A new stage begins, that of the distribution of medals. “
Romain Lagarde (back of the Blues): “There is a lot of fun. One is happy. The team’s work was monstrous for 70 minutes. We suffered in the first round and in the main round. We know it’s going to be tough. “
Valentin Porte (Blues winger) : “After the draw against Serbia (Editor’s note: qualifier for Euro 2022), we didn’t give a lot of our skin. I never thought we could have 7 wins in 7 games. The start of the match was catastrophic, but we weren’t far off at half-time. We put a lot of activity back into the second half. “
Michaël Guigou (captain of the Blues) : ” It was hard. There was a little relaxation after the game against Portugal. We clung to the branches at the start of the match against a goalkeeper and a confident team. Everything we didn’t want. But we worked, we believed in us. “
