Paris (AFP)
The handball players from Montpellier logically won at Créteil 32 to 25 Friday evening, on behalf of the 12th day of the French Championship, and consolidate their 2nd place in the standings, followed by the promoted Limoges.
After nine games played, Patrice Canayer's players have 16 points (nine wins, two draws), and consolidate their second place acquired last week to the detriment of the promoted Limoges, 3rd to a length after his victory against Tremblay (33-26) , but the Limougeauds have played three more matches (twelve out of twelve possible).
Paris SG, which travels to Nantes on Sunday (4:00 p.m.) for the shock of this 12th day, still prances at the top of the standings with 20 points, the maximum possible in ten matches played (ten victories).
The Starligue season is heavily disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with many matches postponed.
This day is the first since the resumption of the championship to be played entirely during the same week.
Saturday in Créteil, the Montpellier residents controlled the match (32-25), despite a slump at the start of the second period and a gap of only three goals (36th).
"We had a weak time, there is enough experience in Montpellier to manage it, we did not panic", reacted to the microphone of LNHTV the Hérault goalkeeper, Kévin Bonnefoi, already turned towards the shock expected Wednesday in Bougnol against PSG.
Créteil accuses his eighth defeat of the season in ten games played.
The surprise of the evening comes from the Jean-Cochet hall: Chartres won against Dunkirk (27-23), carried by his goalkeeper Nebosja Grahovac (12 saves at 36%), securing a third victory in a row.
A little earlier in the evening, Aix won in Toulouse 35 to 28 and comes back thanks to this seventh victory in 4th place (14 pts), despite only eight games played.
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