Paris (France) (AFP)
Chambéry and Nîmes drew (28-28) Thursday for the fourth day of Starligue handball after a match dominated by the Nîmes who receive the ogre Paris SG the next day.
Tied at the break (15-15), the Nîmes, uninhibited, took the lead in the second half thanks to a formidable attack, led by their Egyptian right-winger Mohammad Sanad (7 goals for 9 shots) and their back Luc Tobie (5 goals for 8 shots).
But counting up to 4 points ahead, they paid their indiscipline, hit by three suspensions more than Chambéry, which allowed Savoyards, quickly deprived by a red card of their goalkeeper Yann Genty, to pull the draw in end of meeting.
"There is a bit of frustration, because we were in the lead for a good part of the game," said left-back Nîmes Quentin Dupuy at the microphone of BeIn Sports. "We can only blame ourselves."
In the standings, the point allowed allowed Nîmes to climb to fifth place with five points, while Chambéry, who emerged from two defeats ranking against Aix (28-29) and Montpellier (27-28), is ninth with 3 points , far from his ambitions.
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