Quentin Ngoulou, Lanester (credits: Florence Allanos)
Although relegated before the meeting, Lanester was able to hang the leader Angevin (28-28) and chained a second match without defeat to relaunch the race for maintenance! Further up, Mulhouse-Rixheim and Cournon d’Auvergne take the lead over Saintes, beaten at Pau Nousty (28-26).
We wrote it, Lancaster had lost big when the general withdrawal from Vénissieux was announced. With 3 points less, the Morbihannais found themselves in bad shape in the red lantern position and 3 points behind their first competitor. However, in the space of two days, the Violets have pulled their heads above water. And in the most beautiful way, with the reception ofAngers.
Le hold-up de Saafi
With a Paul Bardi remarkable in the lead, a Thomas Houry striking on the right, and a Quentin Ngoulou surgical in pivot (5/5), the attack of the Bretons will hold good during a whole meeting which they will lead in part (15-14, 30 ′). In the second act, the leader of the elite pool only managed to come back in front once (20-21, 42′), thanks to a 3-0 concluded by his top scorer Achraf Saafi (7/ 12), but Lukas Buchta’s men recovered. In the money time, the duel of goalkeepers continues and Maxime Pagès displays the last of his 12 parades to keep his own in front, while the backs drive the point home (28-25, 57′). But Achraf Safiagain he, will repeat his performance by scoring the last 3 goals for his team in the space of 2 minutes (28-28). A point taken as a hold-up for the SCO players, but which nevertheless allows the Violets to move up the rankings ahead of Dreux-Vernouillet, and thus get out of the red zone. On the Angers side, the next opponent is Mulhouse-Rixheim. A team that has not lost since last November, when it received the SCO…
Maxime Pagès, Lanester (credits: Florence Allanos)
The Foxes fold in the money time
The fight for the second ticket to access the Proligue continues to rage. And this week it’s Saints who performs the wrong operation while Pau Nousty continues to recall his seriousness on his land. Despite a great start to the match, with achievements of lucas rancé (7 goals) and Ilies Hakiki (4-10, 19′), the wind will turn under the impulse of the metronome Maxime Lamudé (12-14, 30′). In a committed match where exclusions rain (13 in all), the premises will manage to pass a collar to take control of the match towards the money time (20-21, 48′; 25-21, 54′) . Michel Laborde and his men can count on a Paul Falguière excellent from start to finish of the period on his right wing (6/7, including 5 goals in the second half), and it is he who will drive the last nail into the tomb of his opponents (28-26).
David Eponouh, Mulhouse-Rixheim (credits: @gaaabart)
The two best-placed challengers for the Proligue therefore remain Mulhouse-Rixheim and Cournon. The first received this Sunday the new red lantern of Gonfreville, and knew how to impose themselves in the last moments (29-26). David Eponouh will once again have been invaluable for the locals with 8 achievements, while it is Maxime Langevin which presents the performance of the evening for the visitors with 11 goals in 15 shots. On the side of Cournon d’Auvergneit was theElite Val d’Oise which was on the menu. And a week after beating Dreux-Vernouillet, the players from Ile-de-France did not lead wide against the Dragons who quickly took the match on their own (3-10, 17′). Laurent Lagier-Pitre delivers a successful game offensively with 7 goals, and is well supported by Alex Gerin (5/8): what to impose with the way (22-28).
PSG confirm their form
In the north, Hazebrouck definitively buries its hopes of catching up with the top of the table after its heavy defeat against the PSG (22-30). Despite a Julien Cadel still just as effective after his signing in Sarrebourg (10/12), the capital’s players will largely dominate the second act, with a Leo Plantin who signed one of his best performances in the Parisian jersey (9/11, including 4 penalties). PSG thus invites itself back to the top of the rankings, and climbs to 6th place, 3 points behind the first non-VAP, Annecy.
Filip Vucelic, Dreux-Vernouillet (credits: Sébastien TORCHIO Annecy CSAV Handball)
Annecy regains its first non-VAP place
Annecy has for its part logically imposed itself on its land against Dreux-Vernouillet relying on his usual strengths: a Ludovic Le Goff on fire (16 stops), a Matt Lafleur hard-hitting (6 goals) and Bastien Guicciardi et Tanguy Cuvelier lively on their wings (8 and 7 goals). Opposite, the weeks follow each other and look alike for a Filip Vucelic again very good, but forced to bow with his own (35-27). Annecy thus returns to Martigues, free of encounters because it is opposed to Vénissieux, while Dreux-Vernouillet slips into the red zone. And it’s an understatement to say that the next two meetings of the Euréliens will be decisive, with matches against Hazebrouck and Lanester, both at home…
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