the Blues start quietly against North Macedonia and set a world record attendance

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After a complicated start to the match, the Blues accelerated to ideally start the competition on Wednesday in Düsseldorf (Germany).

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Elohim Prandi and Luka Karabatic in defense against North Macedonia for the Blues' entry into the Euro 2024 handball championship, Wednesday January 10. (FEDERICO GAMBARINI / AFP)

Like the football Blues in a few months, the handball Blues launched their Euro at the Merkur-Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf (Germany), a football venue converted into a handball hall for the occasion, in front of more than 50,000 spectators, a record of the world at stake. Against North Macedonia, Wednesday January 10, Guillaume Gille’s men, however, took a long quarter of an hour to find their bearings. But after this bad start to the match, the reigning Olympic champions logically unfolded to finally win 39-29.


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