Paris (AFP)

The Parisian handball players took a half time to take the measure of Toulouse and finally win 41 to 35 Friday night, at the opening of the 4th day of the French championship, signing their 4th victory in Starligue this season.

PSG coach Raul Gonzalez was deprived on Friday of several key players in his squad: pivot Luka Karabatic had not yet recovered from an elongation, right wingers Feran Sole and Benoit Kounkoud were sick and Yann Genty was still on the line. stop after his positive Covid-19 test.

Absences which did not prevent the teammates of Nikola Karabatic and Mikkel Hansen from securing their 38th victory in a row in the French Championship at home, the last setback to Coubertin in the Starligue dating back to June 8, 2017 against Nantes.

On Friday, the Toulouse Fenix ​​held on for a little less than 30 minutes, but were hampered by injury outings from Norwegian pivot Henrik Jakobsen, Dutch center-half Luc Steins and Belgian goalkeeper Jef Lettens.

In the offensive festival offered to the limited public of Coubertin, due to health measures in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nikola Karabatic and the pivot Kamil Syprzak regaled with nine achievements each.

"Each time against Toulouse, it's a match with a lot of goals. We were able to keep up the pace throughout the match," Nikola Karabatic commented at the microphone of beIN Sports after the meeting.

"I feel good, we had a long preparation to hold on throughout the season, and play the matches. I'm having fun on the pitch," added the French international who played a large part of the match.

Former PSG spent in Toulouse, Edouard Kempf completed the meeting with the same total as Karabatic and Syprzak.

The Parisians will now prepare for the reception of the Norwegians of Elverum in six days in the Champions League, where they have not yet won after two losses in two games against the Germans in Flensburg and the Belarusians in Brest.

The poster for the 4th day of Starligue will oppose Montpellier to Nantes, Sunday to Bougnol, the two pursuers of PSG in the standings.

On Friday, Limoges and Istres neutralized each other 27 to 27. The Limousins ​​occupy third place in the standings.

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