After 13 consecutive victories, the Parisians suffered the law of the Portuguese (28-39) this Wednesday during the 8th day of the Champions League.
Paris Saint-Germain Handball’s series of 13 consecutive victories in all competitions came to a brutal end on Wednesday in Lisbon in the Sporting arena, where it was swept aside (39-28) during the 8th day of the Ligue des champions.
Handicapped by a decimated team, the Parisians (12 pts) let the Portuguese come back one step in the race for the first two places in Pool A, synonymous with direct qualification for the quarter-finals. They even lose the particular advantage over them in the event of a final tie (PSG won 30-28 in the first leg) and could be joined in this second place by Dinamo Bucharest if they win on Thursday in Berlin .
They who had won all their C1 (five) and championship matches since the slap received at Veszprem on September 19 (41-28) were slapped in similar proportions. They were certainly deprived of almost their entire typical team, with the absences of Elohim Prandi, Luc Steins, Luka Karabatic and Andreas Palicka, while Kamil Syprzak, present on the match sheet, did not play.
But they gradually collapsed after an encouraging first quarter of an hour (10-7, 16th) in the wake of the young Gautier Loredon (5/8 in the end) and the returning Jacob Holm (6/9).
They even delivered a catastrophic second half, completely overwhelmed by the speed of Martim Costa’s team (9/13) and coming up against goalkeeper Andre Kristensen (17/43).
