The climax of the drama, the French could not achieve a new sensation: The reserve goalkeeper brought the Croats a place in the final

Croatia did not allow France to make another big surprise in just a few at the World Cup.

The "Barracudas" are in the finals, they will chase the third title in history after the victory over the French, which they achieved only in five games - 17:16 (11:11 in the regular part).

"Tricolori" is a rival that can create problems for everyone, they were an equal opponent to the Croats as well, it seemed that they could reach a sensational place in the final, but in the end one of the favorites fulfilled the goal and will meet the Italians on Saturday in the fight for the gold.

Croatia led 2:0 and 3:1 in the first quarter by using all three attacks with a player more, but despite the perfect execution, it could not break away.

Toma Verna and goalkeeper Igo Fontani kept the hosts of the Olympic Games in Paris in the game, France did not falter either in the third period when they lost 9:6, or in the last minute of the match when Loren Fatović scored 52 seconds before the end for 11:10.

Already in the next attack, Enzo Kas was safe, after that Croatia had 16 seconds to reach the triumph in the regular part, but did not succeed.

She did that ten minutes later - after six series of penalty kicks, when Ivica Tucak instead of Marko Bijač sent Mateo Anić to the goal, and the latter saved Kas's shot for a big celebration...

On Saturday (15.30:2007 p.m.), Croatia is chasing its third world championship title, after winning it in 10 in Melbourne and XNUMX years later in Budapest.

France will fight for the first medal in history at the world championships with Spain (Saturday the 14th).