In terms of starting the match, the promoted Thionville player could not have dreamed better, this Saturday evening in his derby against Metz Handball. It took a shot on the left wing from Antonin D’Hondt and waiting until the ninth minute of play for David Motyka’s players to wake up (6-1). The TMHB calmly kept its nest egg (10-6, 17th; 12-8, 23rd), well helped by its goalkeeper Guillaume Felici. Enough to see coming at the break with a fully deserved +6 (17-11). Was the promoted player going to return to the field a bit sleepy? Not at all, Youcef Belkharoubi’s men still showed as much intensity and seriousness, in defense as in attack (20-14, 37th).
A collective already well developed
The Moselle collective is already well established at the start of the championship and can clearly be ambitious. Philippe Ouchene, the sports director, does not want to get excited: “Maintenance first. Then we’ll see. It’s still early but we will play hard,” says the former coach who brought the club to this level.
The second period was almost a copy of the first with a perfectly mastered management of high and low times.
Metz Handball was too far away to worry the locals, in their melting room (20-14, 37; 28-19, 50). “We have big weeks of training, we work hard over the seven days: the work pays off. We had a lot of desire from the start of the match and when we returned from the locker room, we got it in our heads that it was 0-0. We showed a beautiful face but we must not fall asleep,” explains captain Loïc Binet. David Motyka, the Metz coach, expects a lot more from his group: “We suffered, there were too many approximations, missed shots, lost balls. We chase the score throughout the match. We need to realize that we need to produce more. »
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