While waiting for the Cherbourg-Saran on Tuesday, the 20th day of ProLigue, if it did not upset the physiognomy of the podium, Pontault and Nancy having more or less easily passed the obstacle, tightened the lines at the bottom. With Angers and Valence as the main beneficiaries.
Two draws, three matches won by one or two goals, the 20th day will have been more than disputed. Logical in view of the major stakes at seven hours from the end of the season. On the maintenance side (if there is a National 1 descent …), Angers took two valuable points by having Sarrebourg, his red zone companion. The SCO’s fourth success of the season took shape at the very end of the first period. Badly started (6-11, 19 °), jostled by Rohnan Conte-Prat or Maxime Postal (7/8, photo below vs Nancy), the Angevins resurface. A muscular return with direct red for Steeven Corneil, guilty of a throw of 7 meters full head ofIvan Pajan (14 stops at 37%) and a strong collision between Valentin Tarrico and Lucas Hubert, the two playmakers. Energetic awakening rewarded by a 4-0 (10-11, 24 °) and a passage in the lead just before the break (13 -12). The recovery accentuates the ascendancy of the men of Guillaume Dupin (Grigorios Ioannou 6/6), the Lorraine coming up against the staged defense without being able to remedy it. Angers keeps control, until the end (17-16 / 20-17 / 25-21, 58 °).
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Photo Christophe Devoitine
The SCO remains relegatable but moves closer to the free zone, five points (and two games less) behind Besancon and Billère. The first two non-relegates took or lost a point on Friday night. For the Bisontines (Luka Brkljacic 9/16), it’s a bit of both, between satisfaction of the draw torn from Dijon in the last ten seconds by Djura Karanovic and disappointment to have missed the boat with a three-goal lead five minutes from the end (25-28, 55 °). The 18 saves of the goalkeeper duo (Wassim Helal 8 to 37%, Maxime Diot 10 to 43%) were not enough to fill the gaps such as the 20 missed shots or the 13 lost balls. Dijon (Kevin Preciado 5/5) continues its journey in yoyo mode. Came to Billere in small numbers (10 field players), very quickly deprived of his home scorer, Xavier Moreau having “nasally” dabbled with Milian Formeau’s elbow, Strasbourg (Clement Damiani 6/8), however, never gave up. Gone with a bang (0-6, 10 °), reducing the Béarnais to the bare minimum for more than twelve minutes, the Alsatians and an extraordinary Romain Mathias (23 stops including 2 pen. At 51%, photo below) have lowered their footing a little. A little more lucid in the second quarter of an hour, Billère will nibble his delay and thanks to his duo from the other side of the Pyrenees (Eduardo Reig-Guillen 3/9 and David jimenez 5/11), return to the locker room in the lead (11-10). What follows is an exchange of good practices, you lead, I lead, until the last minute. There are 8 seconds left, David jimenez mark, all the BHB raises its arms, the SEHB him does not lower them. Quick engagement, Fabien David receives the obol and improves it, Billère will not win.
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In the maintenance catchment area, it is Valence winner of Nice who does the best operation. After ten hesitant minutes (6-7, 11 °), the Drôme residents took matters into their own hands, leaving the French Riviera (15-10, 21 °) in place. Advantage retained a good twenty minutes before the return key-touch of Cavigal (26-25, 50 °). Nice startle (Jurgen Rooba 7/7) too late to prevent HBV (Gregory Quintallet 9/12) to take the colon.
Nice does not take advantage of the misstep of Massy and remains at the foot of the top 6. Three days after its heavy defeat in Strasbourg (28-22), the MEHB was no match for Pontault. Stuffed entry (5-0, 9 °), the Essonniens (Edson Imare 7/11) have never worried the Seine and Marne sure of their offensive game (Jean Pierre Dupoux 9/10) than defensive (Remy Gervelas 12 stops at 44%). Pontault takes place (13-6 / 20-8 / 23-14 / 27-15) and wins easily.
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Who will stop Nancy ? Pontault next Friday? While waiting for this shock of cadors, Nancy offered a sixth consecutive success. A victory in pain, Selestat having never let go, reassuring himself three days after the rout inflicted by Dijon. It is in the last minutes that the match will switch to the Nancy camp (Theo Muller 7/7, head shot). When Nicolas Minne (12/17) marks his penultimate goal of the evening, we tell ourselves that Sélestat has made his redemption (29-27, 53 °). But things will go bad after Benjamin Braux’s time-out. Elvar Asgeirsson (7/11, photo above) mark, the eldest Minne stumbles on Louis Prevost and three goals are added to the Nancy counter (29-31, 56 °). It’s over, Sélestat is beaten.
The slideshow of Sélestat – Nancy by Fabien Jordhery
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