The first meeting of the year between the two tenors of French women’s handball brought the confirmation of what the start of the season suggested. Metz Handball, deprived of titles each time by Brest Bretagne Handball last season, has a certain head start this season.
The undefeated leader of the Moselle Women’s League has easily imposed, in his room and in front of a little more than 3,500 spectators, against his challenger from Finistère (31-24).
Metz has always led in the score
This victory was built from a first period that the Messines have constantly led, thanks in particular to their long range effectiveness (five of the first eight goals were scored by Camila Micijevic) and the saves of their goalkeeper Hatadou Sako (4 shots rejected out of 14 wiped in the first period, eight saves in all, two more than the two Brest goalkeepers, Toft and Darleux) . After the break, the Messines maintained their lead to afford a ninth victory in nine days. The gap has never fallen below five goals. For Brest, it is already a question of third defeat of the season.
The two teams now have an appointment with the Champions League. In group B, Metz Handball will have a great opportunity on Sunday to take a new step towards the quarter-finals on the occasion of his trip to Sävehof (Sweden) while in group A, Brest will seek on Saturday to return to the ranking by winning in the red lantern room, Buducnost (Montenegro)