Paris win a great battle!
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On Sunday afternoon, Paris Saint-Germain Handball hosted Chambéry at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin Liqui Moly StarLigue Round 8 action. After going level with Nantes atop the table last week, the capital club wanted to continue their strong form - but their opponents on the day have also had a good start to the season and did not look easy to move around.
🎙️ @SadouNtanzi : « Chambéry ne va rien lâcher »
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Thanks to several saves from Jannick Green, but also some extremely sharp shooting in front of the Savoie side's goal, Les Rouge et Bleu clocked a very good start (6': 5-2). To protect their Danish keeper, they were also very solid in defence and made several key interceptions that ended in triumphant counter-attacks (12': 8-5). But, little by little, Chambéry 'keeper Filip Ivic got stronger and stronger - to the point of getting his team back in the game (15': 9-7).
Fortunately, the storm was more like a shower and the Parisians were soon back on the front foot. Well led by the vision of a Luc Steins in typically unplayable form (he also hit this 300th league goal), the capital club took off again (19': 12-9). David Balaguer had a great first half, scoring from the back as well as from the wing (23': 14-11). In spite of this strong period, the visitors were full of fighting spirit and came close to getting back into the game (24': 14-13). It took a double from Mathieu Grébille to see Paris go into the break ahead on the scoreboard (30': 19-17).
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At the restart, the battle continued (34': 21-19). For several long minutes, the two teams went blow for blow and the gap changed only minimally (37': 23-21). Ivic continued to prove imperious in the visitors' goal... and after he produced a magnificent double save, Chambéry manages to level it up (39': 23-23). This warning was enough to get Les Rouge et Bleu going in the right direction once more, and Elohim Prandi duly chimed in with a trademark goal from nine metres (42': 24-23) while the defence found its feet (44': 26-24).
The last quarter of the game was electric! Raul Gonzalez's men started perfectly, with a double from Henrik Toft Hansen (46': 27-24). The game remained relatively tight, but our players carved out a small lead (50': 29-27) and our rear-guard effectively shut up shop while our attack put Ilic too the sword (53': 32-27). They maintained this domination for the remainder of the match (56': 33-28) and at the final buzzer, Paris Saint-Germain Handball were confirmed as winners over Chambéry thanks to an accomplished performance!
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(Credits: J. Azouze/PSG)