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LIVE. France-Egypt: Les Bleus try to reach the World Cup semi-finals against the Pharaohs

Remili mènera le jeu de l’équipe de France contre l’Egypte. FFHandball – Iconsport

The French handball team travelled to Zagreb and its Arena to face Egypt in the quarter-finals of the 2025 World Cup this Tuesday, January 28 at 9 p.m.

A match to follow live with commentary here:

21h21.

19e

Yahia takes a complicated shot at 10m and Desbonnet's firm hand stops the shot. He's at 8/15 at 53% right now!

9:20 pm.

18e

Desbonnet continues!!! New save on a shot from Hesham. Mem also makes Aly shine on the other side of the field.

9:19 p.m.

17e

Briet does not lose heart and comes to score his second goal to tie up (8-8). Yahia takes his chance from afar but Desbonnet makes his 5th save. Briet, again, takes the defense of speed and gives back the advantage (9-8).

21h18.

16e

Nahi scores at the end of the fast ball rise (7-7). Nafea on the external interval deceives Desbonnet (7-8).

21h17.

15e

Briet sees his shot blocked once again. Desbonnet catches the shot but the ball goes out of bounds. Hesham scores the same goal to give Egypt the lead for the first time (6-7).

21h16.

14e

Briet pulls away and finally scores after several attempts (6-5). Hesham is well found at 9m and deceives his club partner Desbonnet (6-6).

21h15.

13e

Lost ball from France in attack and easy goal for Nafea in the empty net (5-5).

21h13.

12e

Hesham is blocked by Konan whose arms are everywhere. On the action Konan receives a two-minute suspension. Adel is found in a defense in inferiority and deceives Desbonnet from close range (5-4).

21h11.

11e

The arm is raised again against Egypt who cannot find a solution in attack. Elderaa shoots but it goes wide of the goal. Mem catches the crossbar on a slightly rushed shot.

21h11.

10e

Mem circles his arm to take the external gap and comes to beat Aly alone at 6m (5-3).

21h09.

9e

Another refusal to play against Egypt who commits a new passage in force on the wing of Nahi.

21h09.

8e

Remili sees his 6m shot well stopped by Aly who is coming into warm-up. Briet blocks Zein's shot. Egypt's attack is well muzzled.

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21h08.

7e

Refusal to play against Egypt and Zein's shot is blocked by Konan who deceives Desbonnet (4-3).

9:06 p.m.

6e

Ball intercepted in defense but Remili misses the counter by hitting Aly and the crossbar. Omar finds the gap on Desbonnet (4-2). On a set attack, Briet tries from afar but it doesn't fool Aly.

21h06.

5e

After a schwenker, Mem finds the opening at the near post (4-1).

21h04.

4e

New save by Desbonnet on a long-distance shot. Nahi bites the counterattack by stumbling on Aly from very close range. Nahi recovers the passage in force on the wing!

21h04.

3e

Following a save by Desbonnet, another quick attack by the Blues that Remili puts in the back of the net (3-1).

9:03 p.m.

2e

Another refusal to play with a rushed shot and another save by Desbonnet that Nahi recovers on the side. Remili finishes the ball up (2-1).

9:02 p.m.

1e

Elderaa takes flight 9m out and shoots Desbonnet. Briet, out of the sector, answers him in a few seconds (1-1).

20h59.

0e

The Egyptian team kicks off this quarter-final. Egypt is forced to refuse to play and the pivot Adel is found but Desbonnet is already interposing. Briet slips and gives the ball back to the Egyptians.

20h55.

H – 5'

Guillaume Gille has concocted a starting seven with two little surprises: Luka Karabatic will start the match at the pivot position and Briet will accompany Remili and Mem on the back base. Desbonnet will guard the blue goals and Nahi and Kounkoud will be on the wings. Konna will enter the defense in place of the center half Remili.

8:45 p.m.

H – 15'

The Egyptians are not unknown to the Blues because 4 of them play in Starligue. Yahia plays for PSG, while Hesham (Montpellier), Sanad (Nîmes) and Elderaa (Limoges) also tread the courts of France. It is a triple African champion team (2020-2022-2024) that advances in front of the Blues.

8:30 p.m.

H – 30'

The winner of this match will face Croatia in the semi-final, the host country, who overthrew Hungary in a crazy scenario in the quarter-final. Trailing 26-30 with five minutes to go, the Croatians pulled off a real feat (31-30) to thrill their crowd and return to the international summits.

8:15 p.m.

H – 45'

Egypt has been a tough and recent opponent for the Blues. The last confrontation dates back to the Paris 2024 Olympics. During the preliminary round, France, in poor shape, snatched a draw after being behind for almost the entire match (26-26). In the history between the two nations, France is well ahead with a record of 33 wins for 4 draws and 6 losses.

8:00 p.m.

H – 60'

Here we are! The French handball team is getting into the thick of things with the start of the knockout phase. After a controlled preliminary round and main round: 6 wins in 6 games, managed and not very close matches, Guillaume Gille's team must continue its flawless run and win against Egypt or risk elimination and reliving the disappointment of the Olympics with a premature exit in the quarter-finals against Germany (34-35 a.p.) .

Teilor Stone

By Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116