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Handball: remountada goal for PSG against Kielce

2021-02-23T10:35:08.017Z


The leader of the French Championship continues his busy week with the reception of the Polish leaders of Group A on Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.


New step in the long week of PSG.

After having easily disposed (39-29) of Chartres on Saturday, the undefeated leader of the championship returns to the Champions League on Tuesday (6:45 p.m.) with the reception of the Poles from Kielce, first in the group.

For the Parisians (4th), qualified for the playoffs like all their competitors, the goal is to move up the standings before going to Flensburg on Thursday.

Revenge in the air.

In the league, everything is rolling for the club of the capital, which has just signed its 15th victory in as many meetings.

On the European scene, if we except the Final Four of the previous edition held at the end of December, it has also been a total success since the end of October, with four successes in a row.

The last setback (33-35) for Raul Gonzalez's players dates from four months ago to one day, and it was in… Kielce, leader of Group A. “This team had given us a lot of difficulties, remembers Ferran Solé, the Spanish winger of PSG.

We will have to stay very focused.

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Objective remounted.

On February 10, faced with the difficulty of finishing the group stage before March 4, the European Handball Federation (EHF) validated a new format for the Men's and Women's Champions League.

The sixteen teams entered per competition are all qualified in the round of 16, which will see cross oppositions (1st in group A against 8th in group B, 2nd against 7th, etc.) Current 4th with 10 points (and 3 matches less), Paris still has three games to play to get closer to Kielce (17 points).

For matches which could not be played, points will be awarded on a green carpet according to the circumstances of their cancellation.

Prandi, the return to form.

He shone in the match for 3rd place in the Final Four against the Hungarians of Veszprem.

Unfortunately for him, a right shoulder injury had forced him to withdraw from the France team for the World Cup in Egypt (January 13-31), replaced by the Nîmes Jean-Jacques Acquevillo.

For his second match with his team since his return, Elohim Prandi was a hit against Chartres with 11 goals and 92% success.

The former Nîmes player is once again part of the group of 35 players selected by Guillaume Gille for the Olympic qualifying tournament which will take place in Montpellier from March 12 to 14.

The French coach will communicate his small group of about twenty players at the end of this month, before the preparation camp which will begin on Friday, March 5.

Source: leparis

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