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France were in a group with inferior rivals, but regardless of that, what they have showed in the tournament so far has been impressive. They were in the lead by 10 by halftime, if they needed to, France would have won all games by 20 goals. The real deal is just now starting, this is the game with which they secure the semi-final and I don't doubt they will start maximally. And their quality will come to the fore. At the World Championship in Russia, they did not cover this only in the group against Slovenia (in the final against them 16-13), and when their approach was good, they did that in the preparation games. They didn't in the second game in Denmark (16-18, then 37-32 in the end, 31-18 the day before) and in the first game against Netherlands )18-19, and 38-29 in the end, second game 37-27).
Spain were in the inferior position the entire game against Iceland, but in the end they luckily won a point and stayed in competition for the semi-final with realistic chances. They lost to France in all three previous head-to-heads, and the results at halftime were 10-12, 13-18 and 11-14. That first game is from the 2014 European championship, and France weren't as dominant there as last and this year, and these 14-11 are from a friendly game in Portugal. I see here a similar story to the one in last year's World Championship semi-final, when France were in the lead by five after the first half, they completely controlled the game and increased the pace when necessary.