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Portugal was forced to win to advance to the quarter-finals of the Handball World Cup, but was defeated by France 32-23.
The National Team lost this Sunday to France 23-32, in the final round of the Main Round of the Handball World Cup, which takes place in Egypt.
The Quinas team was forced to win to go to the quarterfinals in an unprecedented way, which did not happen, waiting for the final classifications to be decided according to the places (and points) of this main phase to know if the 12 The 2003 World Cup square was surpassed.
Against an opponent who had fought twice in the last three games, Portugal had a penalty that was too strong for the campaign they were running, but was behind four goals twice during the first half (8-12 and 12-16 ), unable to stop N’Guessan (five goals in half an hour) or Dika Mem (four).
Opening the second half, it was time to put the 7×6 into practice, not for long before the second exclusion of Víctor Iturriza.
This was the beginning of a streak of bad luck for the Portuguese team, which, with the score at 14-17, had several chances to reduce to two goals, the balls stopping at the crossbar of Gerard’s goal.
The two minutes shown to João Ferraz newcomers were one more sign that the team was not having a good day.
Thus, the Gauls extended their advantage, passing Portugal more than eight minutes without scoring. Only Cavalcanti, with three consecutive goals, broke that period, but the result was done.
Play in the Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall.
Portugal – France, 23-32.
In the range: 12-16
Under the arbitration of Gubica Matija and Milosevic Boris of Croatia, the teams lined up and scored:
– Portugal (23): Alfredo Quintana, Pedro Portela, Gilberto Duarte, Victor Iturriza (2), Miguel Martins (6), André Gomes (4), Belone Moreira (1), Alexis Borges (2), Fábio Magalhães (1) , António Areia, Alexandre Cavalcanti (3), Rui Silva (1), João Ferraz, Diogo Branquinho (3) and Humberto Gomes.
Coach: Paulo Jorge Pereira.
– França (32): Vicent Gerard, Nedim Remili (2), Romain Lagarde (3), Melvyn Richardson (3), Dika Mem (5), Nicolas Tournat (1), Kentin Mahe (1), Timothey N “Guessan ( 5), Luc Abalo, Michael Guigou (3), Luka Karabatic, Ludovic Fabregas (1) and Hugo Descat (8).
Selector: Guillaume Gille.
Marker march: 2-2 (05 minutes), 4-6 (10), 7-9 (15), 10-12 (20), 12-15 (25), 12-16 (interval), 14-17 (35), 16-19 (40), 17-23 (45), 16-26 (50), 21-29 (55) and 23-32 (final result).
Attendance: Game played behind closed doors due to the covid-19 pandemic.
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