There are days when nothing goes well. It happened this Friday. France had not lost against Germany for twenty years, exactly. It had to happen there, at the worst time. The Blues have fallen and it hurts. It might even sting for a while longer.
France will therefore not play its third consecutive World Handball Championship final, after the one lost in 2021 and the triumph of 2023. All series have an end and the first observation is cruel: France has abandoned its title of world champion. Here it is even stripped of all its laurels. She will no longer have any trophies to defend during the next Euro at the end of 2026, the World Cup in 2027 and the Games in Los Angeles. Here she is in the situation of having to reconquer everything.
