Paris (AFP)
Toulouse won 36-27 at home against Tremblay Wednesday evening for the 16th day of the French Handball Championship and puts pressure on Montpellier, who moves Thursday to Chambéry, in the fight for 4th place.
With 20 points, Toulouse has two more units than Montpellier, and forces the Hérault, who remain on three consecutive defeats in the championship, to win in the Chamber Lighthouse Thursday to return to equal points and resume 4th place.
At the head of the Starligue, Paris SG won a 16th success in as many games (32 points), beating Créteil quite easily in their Coubertin hall 39 to 26.
The Parisians were able to rely on their Norwegian center-half Sander Sagosen, author of 11 goals (including 4 penalties), and their Spanish goalkeeper Rodrigo Corrales (15 saves at 37%) to overcome the Cristoliens.
PSG, beaten by Szeged (32-29) in the Champions League three days ago, will have the opportunity to take second place in its group of C1 to the Hungarians in the event of a victory Saturday (5:15 pm) against the Norwegians Elverum at home in Coubertin.
On the national scene, the quintuples reigning champions of France have six points more than the Nantes (26), who did not do in detail on the road to Dunkirk (34 to 15), with the Spaniard Valero Rivera better match scorer (9 achievements, including 3 penalties).
Nîmes won the shock of the day at home against Aix (30-28) and retained third place with 24 points.
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