Les Blues performed excellent in the first half of the game with the hosts and won in the end with 33:19 (19:7). This is their second consecutive victory in the group A. Their next match, against Croatia, will be a real battle.
The poor China, one felt almost pity with them, because the squad coached by Claude Onesta really trashed them in the first 30 minutes. It was so delightful to watch Nikola, Abalo, Guigou and the other players in blue transformed in magicians of the ball. There were moments when the opponent didn´t know anymore in which way to pass the ball in attack, because in front of them there was a wall, a living one, who stole it them and just scored and scored and scored...
In those conditions, it was hard to keep the concentration for 60 minutes long, that´s why the European Champions from 2006 were carefully in order to avoid injuries in the second half.
The next game is THE game of the group. Croatia, the Olympic Champion from 2004, will stay in the way of a third French success in a row on Thrusday, at 14.45 o´clock. It couldn´t be any better...
Statistics
France - China 33:19 (19:7)
France : Omeyer (7 saves), Karaboué (3 saves) - Fernandez (1), Dinart (1), Burdet, G. Gille (1), B. Gille (4), Narcisse (3), Girault (2), Karabatic (5/2), Kempe (2), Abati (4), Abalo (5), Guigou (5/2).
China : L. Wang (5 saves), Y. Qiang (6 saves) - Cui (2), Zhu, J. Zhang (2), Zhou (2), X. Zhang, X. Wang (3), Tian (2), Hao (5), Miao (2), Zhu (1/1).
