Paris (AFP)

Montpellier gave up on the end against the German club Kiel, 33 to 30, Saturday at home, after a good run of three victories in the Champions League.

The Montpellier missed the opportunity to take the lead in their group in this roller coaster game where they had three goals in advance to fifteen minutes from the end.

"The 26-22 ball haunts me, we were holding them by the throat, we were making a mountain of this match and yet there was room, we still showed a good image before the truce," said the microphone. from BeinSports captain Valentin Porte, who will be competing in the Golden League this week in Denmark with the France team.

The MHB and their Croatian goalkeeper Marin Sego suffered early in the game against some very successful shooters like Sweden's Lukas Nilsson, the best player in the match with 11 goals. The gap has at one point reached six lengths in favor of Kiel, a big European (three-time title) who finds the Champions League this year after winning the EHF Cup (C2) last season.

The vice-champions of France, private for several more weeks of Melvyn Richardson, returned to the score then passed in the second period thanks to a renewed defensive aggressiveness and a good entrance of Kevin Bonnefoi in goals. But the "Kieler", the only unbeaten in this pool with 4 wins and 1 draw, have accelerated again in the "money time".

For the Montpellier, whose goal remains to qualify for the knockout stages, the main thing will be played in November in the two double confrontations with the Portuguese Porto and the Ukrainians of Zaporozhe, two of the clubs they can leave behind them.

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