World Cup 2017: A good start for France

The French team did not miss its entry. The Blues, close to perfection in the first period, made only a bite of Brazil Wednesday at the AccorHotels Arena (31-16). The Tricolores,
with two guards on fire, were able to fill up with confidence for the continuation of the tournament.

This opening match of the 2017 World Cup went like a dream Wednesday night for a French team totally dominating in front of its public in AccorHotels Arena Bercy. Faced with a disappointing, overwhelmed Brazil and led from one end to the other of this inaugural meeting, the defending world champions walked, imposing themselves with a margin (31-16) that even the most optimistic Would have dared to predict. The ideal start in Group A, whose Blues are more than ever scarecrows after this demonstration of strength.

It is little to say that this France-Brazil de Bercy will have looked only very far in the quarter-finals of the Rio Games. Last August, the French suffered from the intensity imposed by the Brazilians. And if they had finally made the difference, they had to wait until the last ten minutes and the physical decline of the Seleçao to see the Experts impose their law. This time, the first ten will have sufficed to make a decisive break, in the wake of the duo Guigou-Sorhaindo (7-2). Placed in the entry ropes, Brazil would never recover from this turbo boot of the Blues.