Everything was in place for Montpellier to finally bring down PSG, after 5 years of Parisian domination. And that’s played for nothing, to a “stratospheric” goal of the Danish devil Mikkel Hansen on the buzzer, Paris wins 34-33 and takes the two points. Infuriating, you said infuriating!
It was the last match at the Sud de France Arena, before the return to the now FDI stadium, which supporters will continue to call René Bougnol, nearly 8,000 spectators, biggest attendance since the start of the season and a great atmosphere for the clash between MHB and PSG Handball.
two halves, two MHB
A first half generally dominated by the Parisians who had until 4 points ahead thanks to their two giants Syprzak and especially Kristopans (2m15), the Montpellierains stuck to the score at the break, with two 17-19 goals.
Valentin Porte’s teammates then fought a gladiatorial fight, led by Diego Simonet, Julien Bos, Hugo Descat – Montpellier’s top scorer with 7 goals, coming back to score, passing in front, again led by three goals and coming back again, thanks to the judgments of Marin Sego, to manage to lead by two goals three minutes from the end of the match. Two badly negotiated attack balls and the PSG which remakes its delay and equalizes, the whole room is behind the MHB to at least draw a match, it is the Danish devil Mikkel Hansen who scores in the skylight at the last second. 34 for PSG, 33 for Montpellier.
The disappointment of the Montpellier players is up to the stakes of this match.
We don’t deserve to lose, that’s hard, it’s really hard, we’re standing up “Valentin Porte
Losing a goal on the buzzer is very, very frustrating. We deserved a minimum point, the problem is that we harvest zero. “Hugo Descat
Montpellier Handball remains at the8th place with 7 points, two times less than the handball PSG which is full card with 14 points.