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The joy of french handball, qualified for the finals of the Olympics. In the last seconds of the encounter, Daniel Narcisse missed two shots at goalkeeper inratables face Croatian Mirko Alilovic. The french replacements, they did cure and were already in the process of jumping behind the bench sidelines. For a minute earlier, the stern of the team of France, served by Michael Guigou on a corner played a "kung-fu", had risen in the Croatian surface above everyone else to give decisive advantage of three goals to propel the Blues and final Olympics. Check the archives of the newspaper, all articles published in "Le Monde" since 1987. Subscribe to Monde.fr: € 6 per month + 30 days available ON THE SAME TOPIC The facts Au rendez-vous des Big The facts Elimination bitter for the French handballeuses Facts The lights handball in the last Olympic square after their victory against Russia The facts handballeuses The French eliminated, arbitration challenged Edition subscribers Archive: Demonstration of handball french face of China The incredible tension that had weighed on the meeting could finally go down. The Croats threw their last forces in the battle, but they knew it was too late. They had been in possession of the ball for almost three minutes without ever finding fault. A crippling infertility at this level. Until then, both teams had delivered a battle worthy of what one might expect from a France-Croatia in the semi-finals of the Olympics. The duel was physically intense, temporary exclusions rained from one side to another. Bertrand Gille, pivot french, centrepiece of the blue defence, was also quickly exlus twice. A third and Hamburg player no longer able to participate in the meeting. The SPAIN OR ICELAND The gap is widening ever beyond two goals - if not for a short moment for Croats in the first period (6-9) - leaving the game completely undecided until the last five minutes. There, the French defence made the difference, reaching including muzzling the developer to play Croatian, Ivano Balic. Above all, men Claude Onesta could rely on a Thierry Omeyer in a state of grace in its cage (17 stops to 44% success rate). In the end, the French needed 25 goals to 23. France's team handball and participate Sunday, the first Olympic final in its history. It will be opposite the winner of the other semi-final between Spain and Iceland. The Olympic title is the only one missing handball french past fifteen years, after the bronze glané the Barcelona Games in 1992, the two tracks on world champions in 1995 and 2001, and the champion of Europe in 2006 . "It is in the Olympic final. Tonight, we go already in history. I am happy for this group is the best farewell gift they could give me," said Olivier Girault, captain of the Blues who will retire at the end of the competition, the micro Canal +. We wondered if we were to stop here and everyone said no. "