On the occasion of the 12th EHF Champions League day, HBC Nantes moved to the Barça floor.
It was Alexandre Cavalcanti who unlocked the Nantes counter. The ex-Barcelona Valero Rivera stood out in his wing and the “H” passed in front (4 ‘2-3). In his cages, Emil Nielsen gradually warmed up, performing his first displays. Confident, Cavalcanti took the intervals and already scored his 3th goal (10 ‘4-7). Little by little, Barça stuck to the score, taking advantage of Nantes errors and in particular a double digital exclusion. Despite this, Théo Monar found the solution against Moller twice (13 ‘7-9).
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The two minutes rain on the Catalan parquet. After Nantes’ double inferiority, Luis Frade was released. At the pivot post, Theo #Monar take the opportunity to illustrate himself twice. Good “????????????????????”! (????-????)#FCBHBCN pic.twitter.com/iMdCLO8BON
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Well in place, the Nantes, solid, disturbed the Catalans. The Barcelona coach set his first time-out to make adjustments (19 ‘9-10). Alberto Entrerríos responded to his counterpart after Barcelona equalized (19 ’10-10). Kiril Lazarov found the fault twice in a row then Pechmalbec in a duel took the net (26 ’12-16). At the break, the “H” led 14-17 on the floor of Barça.
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Authors of a very good first act, Nantes are clearly in the game and lead by +3 against Barça. (????????-????????)#FCBHBCN pic.twitter.com/sI6zDQ9SLc
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Olivier Nyokas came into play at the start of the second period and already brought in, putting his teammates in position (32 ’16-19). The “H” continued to lead the race but Barça remained in contact (36 ’19-20). Rivera continued his recital at 7 meters but Dika Mem passed over the Loire defense and the Barcelona wingers continued to be effective against. Barça was ahead in the score and the Nantes staff set their time-out (39 ’22-21). On their offensive phases, the Nantes stumbled on Kévin Moller. Emil Nielsen also responded on the other side and the score did not evolve as quickly (44 ’23-22).
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They are getting hot these last few minutes. Alberto opts for the 7⃣ game and Drago gets a 7m transformed by Valero (????????-????????)
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The Danish goalkeeper multiplied the parades and Rivera, impeccable, brought his team up (49 ’25-25). Still in the game, the money-time was approaching and Baptiste Damatrin was served (54 ’27-26). At 100% success, Valero Rivera scored his 9th goal and equalized (55 ’27-27). The slightest purple error was directly exploited by the Catalans who led (58 ’29-28). It was ultimately the Barcelona experience that won in the very last moments, despite a very good part of the Nantes: 30-29.
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They are getting hot these last few minutes. Alberto opts for the 7⃣ game and Drago gets a 7m transformed by Valero (????????-????????)
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On Sunday, Nantes will face Aix in the Lidl Starligue for a real shock of the championship before two other Champions League matches against Zagreb on Tuesday and Kiel on Thursday.
The stats:
HBC Nantes: Cyril DUMOULIN, Emil NIELSEN (15/45), Baptiste DAMATRIN (1/1), Thibaud BRIET (1/3), Rok OVNICEK (0/1), Milan MILIC (0/1), Olivier NYOKAS (1/2) , Valero RIVERA (9/9), Alexandre CAVALCANTI (4/6), Dragan PECHMALBEC (2/4), Adria FIGUERAS (2/5), Aymeric MINNE (2/6), Kiril LAZAROV (3/7), Eduardo GURBINDO (1/1), Théo MONAR (3/4), Lucas DE LA BRETECHE
Barça : Gonzalo PEREZ DE VARGAS (1/12), Kevin MOLLER (13/31), Raul ENTRERRIOS (1/3), Cédric SORHAINDO (0/1), Jure DOLENEC (2/2), Aitor ARINO (5/6), Blaz JANC (2/2), Aleix GOMEZ (5/7), Gonçalves DOS SANTOS, Dika MEM (5/9), Luka CINDRIC (3/6), Alex PASCUAL (0/1), Domen MAKUC, Haniel LANGARO ( 4/7), Ludovic FABREGAS (3/4), Luis FRADE (0/1)
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