And Coubertin, who found the public (800 spectators) for many months, switched to joy and madness ... PSG is in the last four of the Champions League!
With this success (34-28) against Kiel, the defending champion, the capital club continues to believe in his dream: to win this major title after which he has been chasing for many years.
The objective was simple for Luka Karabatic and his teammates: to recover the handicap of two goals conceded in Germany (29-31), last Wednesday.
In the end, carried by Elohim Prandi and Nedim Remili, Paris has turned everything upside down.
What you must remember
Thierry Omeyer, the general manager, warned just before the meeting: “Two goals is nothing.
We have the weapons to beat them.
It will be necessary to be present in all sectors of the game. ”It is therefore with a composition based on speed with Luc Steins, the Dutch-wisp in playmaker, that PSG presents itself, put in confidence by its victory on Saturday in the Coupe de France.
Opposite, the Norwegian Sander Sagosen finds his former teammates after missing the first leg.
The immense Patrick Wiencek (2.00 m) is however absent while, on the Parisian side, only Nikola Karabatic is missing.
60 ': It's over!
PARIS GO TO # EHFFINAL4 !!!!!!
More info to come!
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- PSG Handball (@psghand) May 19, 2021
And the formula chosen by Raul Gonzalez quickly seems to bear fruit. In front of an audience with an authorized gauge of 800 spectators, PSG has already made up for its delay (7-4) after only eight minutes, thanks to Elohim Prandi (3 of 3). The defenses then gain the upper hand and the gap stabilizes. At the break, the French champion was half of his delay (16-15) and nothing is yet decided.
Back from the locker room, the mano to mano continues unabated.
Dylan Nahi gives a tac-au-tac to Sagosen.
In the Parisian cage, Yann Genty took the place of Vincent Gérard (3 stops in the first period) but nothing helped and the gap continues to pass between + 1 and + 2. The game hardens, the stake is huge: a big one will leave the competition from the quarter-finals ... It is the moment that Nedim Remili and his comrades choose to accelerate.
Paris takes five goals in advance (29-24), there are eleven minutes to play, then +6 with a final exclusion for Sagosen, the top scorer of his team, who did not imagine such a return.
And, finally, deliverance.
The player: Elohim Prandi
For his first season in the capital, the former Nîmes went through all the states.
Sparkling during the match for 3rd place in the last Final 4 in Cologne, injured in the shoulder and then absent from the World Cup and TQO, the left-back was also guilty of flashes in the league (13 goals against Limoges and 11 against Chartres).
This Wednesday, the International of the Blues gave everything with a 9 out of 10, well supported by Nedim Remili (7 goals).
WATCH: Elohim #Prandi ... BOOM !!!
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- EHF Champions League (@ehfcl) May 19, 2021
The number: 5
Or the number of participations (over the last six years) for PSG in a Champions League Final 4. Beaten by Barcelona in the semifinals last December, the Parisians should unsurprisingly find the Catalans in Cologne in just over three weeks. The other two places will be played at the end of the matches Flensburg - Aalborg (Wednesday) and Veszprem - Nantes (Thursday), with a favorable waiver for the latter.
