2023-11-10 23:59:47
Perhaps PSG Handball was expecting a walk in the park against promoted Dijon, 14th out of sixteen in the Starligue, and the only team with Ivry not to have won in eight matches before this Friday. However, the Parisian victory took a good forty minutes to take shape on the Coubertin court.
The first period was surprisingly hotly contested between the co-leader of the Starligue and the promoted team. In their room, the Parisians did not succeed in breaking the Dijonnais even slightly during the first 30 minutes. While Luka Karabatic suffered two minutes (10th), it was the visitors who took a +2 lead (14-16, 21st), before PSG reacted with a 3-0 (17-16, 23rd).
However, the Burgundian team did it again (18-20, 28th), and, supported by its scorers Naudin (5 goals) and Berkous (4 goals), as well as by goalkeeper Gaspar (6 saves), returned to the locker room at the break only led by one unit, 2&-20. On the Parisian side, only Holm and Syprzak, both 5 goals, emerged, Palicka signing 5 saves.
In the second half, things became more in line with the forces present. Paris came away from 6 goals (28-22, 29th), then 9 goals (34-25, 47th), before winning 40-32, Syprzak and Holm raising their respective goal totals to 9 and 7 .
The rest of the events promise to be more difficult for the team from the capital, which will play eleven matches between now and December 20, including the summit match against Montpellier on November 26, probably decisive in the race for the title. Without forgetting two crucial trips to Kiel (November 30) and Aalborg (December 7) in the Champions League.
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