The Parisians were scared Sunday afternoon in Savoie. Undoubted leader of Liqui Moly Starligue with 18 victories in as many matches played this season, PSG Handball had to whip against Chambéry. Before winning 33-27, Raul Gonzalez’s men were jostled for a long time by the Savoyards, carried by an imperial Nikola Portner in his goals. In the first period alone, the Chambéry goalkeeper made 8 saves at 38%, statistics which climb to 12 parades for a ratio of 31% over the whole match.
Beyond the performance of the opposing goalkeeper, Liqui Moly Starligue’s best attack with an average of 37 goals per game was unrecognizable at the start of the game: after a quarter of an hour of play, the Parisians had thus scored only two small goals. “It was complicated to win here, in a full hall, but we knew how to do it,” said the Parisian coach. We were not concentrated enough in attack in the first quarter of an hour. That’s why we went to seven, because it forces us to be more vigilant. In this system, an error is quickly fatal. »
Mikkel Hansen to the rescue
The visitors went so far as to fall behind by five goals before pulling themselves together thanks to an almost systematic use of numerical superiority in attack. This ultra-offensive strategy quickly paid off as PSG Handball tied before the 20th minute (12-12). They nevertheless had to wait 20 more minutes to finally take the lead in this meeting and can thank their strong man of the day Mikkel Hansen for this. The Dane converted eight of his nine attempts and left the field as the match’s top scorer (33-27).
Thanks to this 19th consecutive success in the league, the Parisians now have a seven-point lead over their Nantes dolphins who also won during the reception of Dunkirk on Friday evening (29-25). The two teams at the top of the table will meet next Sunday at Coubertin. In the event of a 20th victory in a row, PSG, already close to an eighth title of champion of France in a row, would definitively put an end to the suspense.
