Paris (AFP)
Montpellier signed a ninth victory in the French handball championship by winning at home against Toulouse (34-31) and consolidating its second place behind Paris SG, while Nîmes won in Chartres on Friday during the 15th day .
In a Starligue marked by many postponements at the start of the season due to cases of Covid-19 in the teams, Paris SG has won its 13 matches played and prances in the lead (26 points).
As for Patrice Canayer's players, they scored 20 points in 12 matches (nine wins, two draws and one defeat).
Friday in Bougnol, still behind closed doors, the Héraultais dominated Toulouse, carried by their left winger Lucas Pellas (10 goals, including 6 penalties), just returned from Egypt with his silver medal of the World Cup-2021 with Sweden .
"A month without seeing each other, ten players away and two days to work on something, it's complicated. We knew it wasn't going to be perfect. Tonight, despite only two training sessions, it still looked like something. It feels good to return to victory, "commented MHB captain Valentin Porte at the microphone of beIN Sports.
Montpellier was to face twice in 24 hours (next Wednesday and Thursday) the Russians of CSKA Moscow in the European League (C2), but these two meetings are postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Behind Montpellier, Limoges (17 pts, 13 matches) and Aix (18 pts, 10 matches) will face each other on Saturday evening to try to get back on the Héraultais.
Nîmes, beaten four times since the start of the season, was a little reassured by winning in Chartres (35-28) and came back up to Nantes (15 pts, 12 matches) in fifth place.
The H (15 pts, 11 matches) will host Istres on Sunday at the end of the afternoon.
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