France and Slovenia test Olympic venue – Dika Mem is back!
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France and Slovenia have played unnoficial match at Olympic venue – Paris Sud 6 Arena, where matches of the handball tournament will play until knock-out stage, when handball circuis goes to Lille.
France beat Slovenia 39:30, but more important for the defending Olympic champions from Tokyo is appearance of Dika Mem. World-class right back had problem with finger which put him out of the squad for a while. Now, everything is OK and Barca star will be ready for the Olympics at home.
- It was nice to play against a team of the calibre of Slovenia, which is necessarily different from the intensity of training, even if it was in a particular context, without referees and without a clock. It was the first international cape for Erick Mathé in international arbitration and it will remain in the annals. It was a bit picturesque, but it allowed us to work well and that’s the most important thing. I found that there was a lot of going on and enthusiasm in this part. From match to match, this rise was confirmed and it was necessary to prepare for this first shock of the preliminary round – said French NT coach Guillaume Gille.
France will play opener against Denmark.
