30.
6:25 p.m
Half-time conclusion:
At the break of the European Championship semi-final game against the Swedish elite handball players, France’s team leads surprisingly clearly with 17:11. Thanks to a strong defensive start, the Scandinavians took an early two-goal lead (3rd), but immediately gave it back (5th). Despite a phase of being twice outnumbered, the reigning Olympic champion managed a 7-0 run between the 6th and 14th minutes thanks to a series of saves by goalkeeper Bellahcene and were comfortably ahead within the first quarter of an hour. As a result, the Gille selection became a little more careless in their selection of throws, which meant that the Solberg team, which was supplemented by Claar from Magdeburg, who immediately scored, was able to reduce the score to four goals again (21st). However, the Swedes didn’t really get going in the positional attack and had to let the Bleus go again. See you soon!
30.
18:23
End of 1st half
30.
18:23
Claar’s attempt from the left back area hits the crossbar.
30.
18:23
Goal for France, 17:11 by Hugo Descat
… France’s fourth seven-meter penalty also finds its way into the net.
30.
18:22
Prandi forces a seven meter…
29.
18:22
Sandell’s touch-down from nine meters in the middle deflects Bellahcene over the crossbar in the right corner.
28.
18:21
Goal for Sweden, 16:11 by Hampus Wanne
28.
6:19 p.m
Guillaume Gille takes his first Time out.
26.
6:17 p.m
Goal for France, 16:10 by Dika Mem
With time threatening, Mem nets from eight meters in the middle. It is his fourth goal in his sixth attempt.
25.
6:16 p.m
On the other side, Bellahcene parried Sandell’s jump shot from nine meters in the middle.
25.
6:16 p.m
Prandi’s next attempt from distance is caught by goalkeeper Palicka.
24.
6:15 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 15:10 by Lukas Sandell
After two technical errors, Sandell was finally able to put a positive exclamation mark with a goal on the counterattack.
23.
18:13
Goal for France, 15:9 by Elohim Prandi
Prandi’s jump shot from the right back hits the top left.
22.
18:12
Goal for France, 14:9 by Dika Mem
Mem can extend Bleus’ lead again with a counterattack goal.
21.
18:11
Remili’s offensive foul gives the Swedes the chance to reduce the score to three goals.
21.
6:10 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 13:9 by Felix Claar
In this phase, the Magdeburg man almost single-handedly carried the attack from Solberg’s troops.
20.
6:10 p.m
After Mem’s bad pass, the ball is back in the Swedes’ ranks.
19.
6:09 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 13:8 by Felix Claar
Claar’s involvement pays off! The man with the 19 on his back scores his third goal.
18.
6:07 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 13:7 by Jonathan Carlsbogård
The Barcelona professional scurries through the middle and finishes from the central six meters into the left corner of the cross.
17.
6:07 p.m
Goal for France, 13:6 by Yanis Lenne
17.
6:07 p.m
For the Solberg team, even at this early stage, it is important not to lose sight of their adversary.
16.
6:05 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 12:6 by Felix Claar
16.
6:05 p.m
Goal for France, 12:5 by Hugo Descat
15.
6:05 p.m
Carlsbogård’s throw also deflects Bellahcene around the post.
15.
6:04 p.m
Goal for France, 11:5 by Nedim Remili
14.
6:04 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 10:5 by Felix Claar
Claar lets the Scandinavians celebrate for the first time in almost eight minutes.
14.
6:04 p.m
Goal for France, 10:4 by Dika Mem
14.
6:03 p.m
Claar and Sandell are now playing in the Swedish backcourt for the first time.
14.
18:02
After conceding six goals in a row, Glenn Solberg from the T1 card Use.
13.
18:02
Goal for France, 9:4 by Hugo Descat
13.
18:02
Bellahcene turns it up! He pulls Lagergren’s teeth once again.
13.
6:01 p.m
Goal for France, 8:4 by Hugo Descat
… after Thulin, the left winger can also overcome Palicka from the mark.
12.
6:01 p.m
Nikola Karabatić is brought down for a penalty…
11.
5:59 p.m
Goal for France, 7:4 by Dika Mem
Three ahead for the Olympic champion! Mem follows Bellahcene’s save against Lagergren with France’s fourth goal in a row.
11.
5:59 p.m
Remili makes the next missed throw from the right back.
11.
5:58 p.m
Pettersson finds his master in Bellahcene from the right wing.
10.
5:58 p.m
Goal for France, 6:4 by Kentin Mahé
… Mahé places the ball sensitively in the top left corner.
10.
5:57 p.m
When twice outnumbered, Mem takes a penalty throw against Wanne…
9.
5:56 p.m
2 minutes for Luka Karabatić (France)
Because of a mistake in the substitution, the experienced defense chief also had to watch for 120 seconds.
9.
5:56 p.m
Gottfridsson’s throw to France’s abandoned box sails clear over it.
9.
5:56 p.m
Goal for France, 5:4 by Nedim Remili
8th.
5:55 p.m
2 minutes for Hugo Descat (France)
Descat gets his first time penalty for hitting Lagergren.
8th.
17:54
As part of a counterattack, Lagergren tanks on the half-right side of the circle, but his throw then gets stuck on Bellahcene.
7.
17:53
After Lagergren’s offensive foul, the ball is in the French court.
6.
17:52
Goal for France, 4:4 by Hugo Descat
… Descat feints once against Thulin, who was substituted for this penalty throw, and then nets a touchdown into the left corner.
6.
17:52
Nikola Karabatić forces a first seven meter…
6.
17:52
The Swedish defense is more consistent in the first moments.
6.
17:51
Goal for Sweden, 3:4 by Max Darj
Darj gives Bellahcene no chance to defend from the half-left circle.
5.
5:50 p.m
Goal for France, 3:3 by Hugo Descat
Descat contributes the first outside goal from the left wing.
4.
5:49 p.m
Goal for France, 2:3 by Ludovic Fabregas
After Palicka’s save against Mem, Fabregas grabs the rebound. He sinks it safely into the net from a central six meters.
3.
5:49 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 1:3 by Jim Gottfridsson
Sweden’s third attack also results in a goal. The shooter is Gottfridsson from Flensburg.
3.
5:49 p.m
Palicka makes the first save against Remili.
3.
5:48 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 1:2 by Hampus Wanne
… Wanne takes off and successfully completes the counterattack.
2.
5:48 p.m
Remili gets stuck in the middle block…
2.
5:47 p.m
Goal for Sweden, 1-1 by Jonathan Carlsbogård
The ex-Lemgoer responds with a successful shot from the middle nine meters.
1.
5:47 p.m
Glenn Solberg relies on Wanne, Carlsbogård, Gottfridsson, Lagergren, Pettersson and Darj in attack. Palicka is in the Scandinavians’ case.
1.
5:47 p.m
Goal for France, 1-0 by Nedim Remili
Remili opens the scoring after a breakthrough from the half-right six meters by finishing into the far corner.
1.
5:46 p.m
Guillaume Gille sends Descat, Nikola Karabatić, Remili, Mem, Lenne and Luka Karabatić into the offensive. Bellahcene guards the French box.
1.
5:46 p.m
France versus Sweden – the first European Championship semi-final has begun!
1.
5:46 p.m
Game start
5:41 p.m
The national anthems sound.
5:36 p.m
The entry ceremony has just begun.
5:29 p.m
The EHF has scheduled referees Slave Nikolov and Gjorgji Nachevski from North Macedonia for the fourth-to-last tournament match. The supervisor is the Moldovan Nicolae Vizitiu. Viktor Konopliastyi from Ukraine will be the observer.
17:22
Sweden’s national team, which beat Spain 27:26 in the Budapest final two years ago, survived Mannheim’s preliminary group E with wins against Bosnia-Herzegovina (29:20), Georgia (42:26) and the Netherlands (29:28). undamaged. In the second phase of the tournament in Hamburg, thanks to the successes against Slovenia (28:22) and Portugal (40:33), she reached the semi-finals early despite the 27:28 defeat against Denmark; the final, meaningless match against Norway was given up (23:33).
5:17 p.m
The French handball players have so far presented themselves as almost unstoppable at this European Championship. After allowing themselves a 26:26 draw against Switzerland in the preliminary round after the 39:29 opening win against North Macedonia and before the final 33:30 triumph over hosts Germany, they were defeated in the main round by victories against Croatia (34th). :32), Iceland (39:32), Austria (33:28) and Hungary (35:32) confidently first in the group.
17:11
The final weekend of the European Championship began in the afternoon with the game for fifth place, which Hungary won against Slovenia 23:22. The first final participants in the continental tournament will be determined by France and Sweden, two nations that shape it like no other: While the reigning Olympic champions won three European Championship trophies (2006, 2010 and 2014), the Scandinavians are even record winners with five titles (1994, 1998, 2000 2002 and 2022).
5:02 p.m
Good evening from Cologne! In the first semi-final of the European Championship, the unbeaten team France and the defending champions Sweden meet. The throw-off in the Lanxess Arena is scheduled to take place at 5:45 p.m.