Starligue: PSG had to work to dominate Créteil

A stone's throw from the Parc des Princes, another PSG team was on the bridge this Saturday, at the same time.

The handball players of PSG after two months of absence because of the World Cup and the Final Four of the Champions League have found their beloved Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin.

It was Créteil's neighbor who paid them the first visit in 2021. And for Parisians, the game was not as easy as expected.

60 ': It's over!

Another victory for the Rouge et Bleu!

More info to come!

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- PSG Handball (@psghand) February 13, 2021

Créteil resisted very well

Hoping at the end of the season for nothing other than maintenance, Créteil almost played spoilers in the lair of the champion of France.

The Cristoliens played the game until the end, never winning, not admitting defeat before the final whistle.

Finally lacking legs because of postponements in the Champions League, the Parisians did not have the opportunity to relax during the entire hour of play. At the break, they had only 4 goals (15-11 ) in advance.

Not enough to send the reserve team into the second half.

The gap between the two teams hovered around +4 in favor of the Parisians, but never much more before they won 28-24.

The player

Nedim Remili.

Confronting Créteil is never for the French international, an innocuous meeting.

Playing against Créteil is for him to do battle with his family.

The 2017 world champion played in Créteil for more than 10 years, until his arrival in the capital in 2016. His father Kamel is general manager of Créteil so obviously, it is not a match like any other.

For almost 5 years since he has crossed paths with his former club, Remili has never lost a PSG-Créteil duel.

It is not for this time thanks in particular to his 4 goals.

Defeat without blushing at Coubertin pic.twitter.com/At4SvzFJWN

- US Créteil Handball (@USCreteilHB) February 13, 2021

The number

16

.

It was a good game for the goalkeepers who all stood out.

On the Parisian side, Yann Genty stopped 16 shots out of 38 strikes and on the other side, the two Cristolian goalkeepers did almost the same thing between them: 8 out of 23 stops for Dylan Be and 9 out of 19 for Mickaël Robin.

Vincent Gérard on the Parisian side only returned for a penalty.

The sheet

PSG - CRETEL: 28-24 (15-11)

PSG:

Steins (3 goals), Keita (4), Kristopans (4), Kounkoud (1), Sole (2), Toft Hansen (3), Remili (4), Hansen (3), Syprzak (5).

Créteil:

Carabasse (1 goal), Borragan (1), Kervadec (6), Aman (3), Molinie (1), Benezit (1), Sissoko (7), Rigault (4).