Paris (AFP)
Paris Saint-Germain has maintained an impeccable record in the French Handball Championship by winning his sixth victory in six days against Chambéry, 32 to 29, Thursday in Coubertin.
Paris is leading with two points ahead of Aix and Nantes and three on Montpellier.
It was his 50th game without defeat at home without defeat in all competitions.
The Parisians, still out of injury by Denmark's Mikkel Hansen and Norway's Sander Sagosen, widened the gap by six goals (22-16) at the start of the second period, but Chambéry managed to reignite the suspense by returning to a ten minutes from the end (26-25).
"We are at +6 and we feel that the match is bent, but they push us in our entrenchments.It draws our energy then we could have done differently," regretted PSG goalkeeper Vincent Gerard.
Sweden's Kim Ekdahl of the Rietz was the biggest Paris scorer with eight goals in front of young winger Dylan Nahi (six goals).
With this fourth defeat in six games, Chambéry remains stuck at the bottom of the rankings (11th out of 14), but the game shown to Coubertin can allow him to hope for a quick comeback. The Savoyard club had an excellent season 2018-2019 by winning the Coupe de France and taking third place in the Championship.
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