The Blues complete their preparation by controlling Angola

Les Bleues continued their preparation by chaining a second success against Angola (33-20), this Saturday. The double confrontation against Norway in Pau, where they had alternated the worst, a heavy defeat 22-34, and the best, with a solid victory 25-19, had left them a little hungry but Olivier Krumbholz’s players finished their Olympic preparation perfectly.

Facing a team that they had beaten in the last seven confrontations, but which had given them a lot of trouble in their entry into the World Cup (30-29), France managed to make the match easy for themselves.

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Good start from Angola

Deprived of their centre-half Isabel Guialo and three days after holding their own against Spain (defeated 22-21), the Angolans nevertheless got off to the best possible start. Taking advantage of French clumsiness in attack, with in particular two shots from six metres missed by Sarah Bouktit, the visitors took a three-goal lead, 4-7 then 5-8 in the middle of the first period.

But things then fell into place for the Blues whose 5-1 defence considerably hampered the opposing attacks and who began to find good gaps, particularly on the wings, which gave them quick goals.

Still led 9-7 at the 18th^e minute, they inflicted a 10-1 before half-time to end with an already comfortable advantage when returning to the locker room (17-10).

Hatadou Sacko effective in the cage

The second half did nothing to dampen the momentum of the Bleues, with Hatadou Sacko replacing Laura Glauser in goal for the second half, who made as many saves in 9 minutes as the number one goalkeeper did in the entire first half (6 and 11 out of 21 shots in total).

The gap grew to a peak of +13 (27-14) in the 48th.^e minute and hold on until the final buzzer (33-20).

This match bodes very well for their Group B in the first round of the Olympics, at the Arena Sud Porte de Versailles where they will face Hungary (July 25, 7 p.m.), the Netherlands (July 28, 9 p.m.), Brazil (July 30, 7 p.m.), Angola (1^er August, 4 p.m.) and Spain (August 3, 11 a.m.).