2023-12-07 22:16:50
PSG Handball can breathe. This Thursday evening, on the occasion of the 10th day of the Champions League group stage, the Parisians did not come far from a damaging defeat, which would have caused them to slip to 9th place in Group A, no qualifying for the round of 16. But thanks to an imperial final raid, an excellent Jannick Green and a little success, the Karabatic brothers’ teammates snatched a precious victory (32-30). Thanks to these two points, they move up to 4th place, tied with Szeged and just one point behind second place, occupied by their opponents of the day. Knowing that the first two will qualify directly for the quarter-finals.
For several weeks, Paris had been stuck in a negative spiral on the European scene. Beaten three times in the last four matches, the undefeated leader of the French Championship had to achieve this success. But five minutes from time, the matter seemed compromised. Deprived of Andreas Palicka and Nikola Karabatic, PSG fell four goals behind, before completely turning the situation around.
It was first the goalkeeper, Jannick Green, who sparked the revolt by stopping two Danish attempts in quick succession. On the other side of the field, Luka Karabatic, Kamil Syprzak, Luc Steins and Elohim Prandi, who took advantage of a deviation from the defense to score at the very end of possession, gradually gave the advantage back to the Parisians, who did not never let go again. In their endeavor, they were also helped by their former teammate, Mikkel Hansen, who was guilty of some unnecessary turnovers.
Victory was therefore essential this Thursday evening. In this Group A of the Champions League, extremely tight and indecisive, PSG could not go on for a fifth meeting without success. Now on the right track, he will be able to take a breather during the break, before facing his next match more calmly, on February 14, against Eurofarm Pelister, last with zero points.
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