Thanks to Prandi’s dream goal: France beats Sweden and reaches the European Championship final

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34:30 win after extra time! France advances to the final of the European Championship. Although the French led 17:11 after the first half, shortly before the end of regular playing time there was little to indicate that coach Guillaume Gille’s team would reach the final. With just over a minute to go, Jim Gottfridsson gave the Swedes a 27:25 lead.

Although Yanis Lenne made it 26:27 with 27 seconds left, the Scandinavians now had the ball, but Gottfridsson drew a technical foul, giving the French a free throw after the final siren. As a rule, this is a hopeless affair, but Elohim Prandi actually got the throw-in into the goal despite the six-man wall. In extra time, the Équipe Tricolore took the lead until 30:27 and left nothing to be desired.

Germany will miss the final

The French are in a European Championship final for the first time since 2014. It was then that they won the last of their three titles on the European stage. In any case, they have never lost a final in this competition. The opponent on Sunday is world champion Denmark. The Danes won the semi-final against host country Germany in Cologne in 29:26.

The Swedes traveled to Germany as defending champions. After this bitter defeat, they can no longer extend their record of five European Championship victories. (SDA/mom)

Source : Blick