2023-11-26 22:26:43
The men from the capital beat their runner-up this Sunday (31-27) and take the lead in the Starligue.
Paris SG hand took three steps ahead at the top of the Starligue de hand after its success on Sunday at home against its runner-up Montpellier (31-27) on the 11th day, obtained despite the early exclusion of its captain Luka Karabatic.
The Parisians (22 pts out of 22 possible) have still not made the slightest misstep a third of the way through the championship and also have three more units than Nantes.
The 11th French champion title, the 10th in a row, is still far away, especially since they will travel next Sunday to Toulouse (4th, 18 pts), where they fell last season, as well as to Montpellier and Nantes during the return phase.
However, they created a first gap after this complicated success, as had already been the case against Nantes on October 6 (35-32). But PSG was never behind this time (except at the very start of the match), even if it was deprived from the 7th minute of its captain Luka Karabatic, definitively excluded for a hand to the left of Bryan Monte. Without the pillar of his defense, and without his first two choices at the pivot position (Kamil Syprzak is injured in one foot), he was however able to find solutions.
Gone too far
In defense, the young Wallem Peleka (21 years old) ran the shop. And in attack, it was the third pivot, Ruben Marchan (8 goals from 10 attempts), who did the job, well served behind the Hérault defense by Luc Steins, Nikola Karabatic and Elohim Prandi. Prandi (6/11), in fact, proved that he was the man in form of the moment (in the absence of Syprzak, top scorer in the championship before this day).
With goalkeeper Andreas Palicka (14 saves at 34% success), the international left-back put his team back on track at the start of the second half, whose advantage at the break (17-11 after an 8-2 inflicted between the 10th and 22nd minutes) had almost melted after five minutes (17-15 in the 35th minute).
After a double save from Palicka then a goal from Prandi, she regained her composure (23-18, 43rd) against MHB, who recovered in particular with the entry into the goalkeeper position of Charles Bolzinger (7 saves to 32 % success) in the 25th minute, replacing the other French international, Remi Desbonnet. But despite a ball to get back to a goal 4:30 from the end (27-25), missed by Veron Necinovic, he started too far. And sees PSG take off.
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