Paris (AFP)

The Brest handballers went for a good point in the draw in Podgorica, against the Montenegrins of Buducnost (22-22), on Saturday, on behalf of the 4th day of the Champions League.

The teammates of Coralie Lassource, top scorer on the Breton side with 5 goals, have retained their invincibility this season in the Champions League after four games.

With this draw, they share the top of the group with Györ (triple defending champion) and the Danes of Odense, with 6 points, awaiting the match of CSKA Moscow, which also totals six points, in Dortmund on Sunday. .

The Brestoises had started their European adventure with two victories against the Romanians of Valcea (28-21) and the Germans of Dortmund (41-29), and followed with two draws against the two most formidable teams in their group, the Hungarians from Györ (25-25) and Buducnost (22-22).

On Saturday, they held the shock defensively, however showing some shortcomings on the withdrawal against the fast play of Buducnost.

In attack, they missed a few chances, like the Serbian pivot Sladjana Pop-Lazic in the last minute, failing to score the 23rd goal of the BBH.

Opposite, Allison Pineau put her former teammates in difficulty (she evolved in Brest from 2016 to 2019), with six goals, as much as the Montenegrin right winger Jovanka Radicevic.

The difference between the two teams was made on the jets at seven meters, with 100% success (4 of 4) for Radicevic, while Slovenian right-back Ana Gros and Swedish pivot Isabelle Gullden missed both attempts. Brest.

To play the rest of the competition, Brest must take one of the first six places in its group at the end of the 14 meetings of the group stage.

The first two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, the other four must go through a barrage of access to the quarterfinals.

Buducnost only has one point, after a start to the season when the team was deprived of its best players, including Radicevic, who tested positive for Covid-19 in early September.

Brest will host Nantes in the French league on Wednesday, then Moscow next week for the 5th day of the group stage of the C1.

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