The weekend was rich in opposing emotions for the Ile-de-France clubs involved in the field this weekend.
The joy of a historic victory in Ligue A for the volleyball players of Plessis-Robinson, the relief for the handball players of PSG, winners with the siren of their best enemy Montpellier.
But also the disillusionment for the handball players of Paris 92, eliminated from the European Cup, and the concerns for the basketball players of Nanterre whose defeat against Fos spoiled the tribute paid Saturday night for the emblematic president Jean Donnadieu.
Overview.
Basketball: Boulogne-Levallois untenable, Nanterre in distress
Nothing can resist Boulogne-Levallois at present.
Since their defeat at Le Mans at the opening of the season (83-65), the players of Vincent Collet have garnered victories and performances.
After correcting the ogre Monaco (108-81) and the neighbor Nanterre (76-104), then resisting Gravelines (72-65), they won (84-90) in Orléans on Saturday night after a match that they had yet started in the worst possible way (26-12, 10th).
But the Mets reversed the situation thanks to a lively David Michineau (18 points).
Thanks to this 4th win in a row, Boulogne-Levallois shares the top spot with Asvel and Monaco.
🔞 THE VIOLENCE OF THIS TOMAR 🤯🤯 # BetclicELITE @ 2easy32 x @ Metropolitans92 pic.twitter.com/l66EXaRR0S
- LNB (@LNBofficiel) October 23, 2021
A summit from which Nanterre moves away day after day.
After being eliminated from the Coupe de France Tuesday by Saint-Quentin, yet a resident of Pro B, the Nanterriens suffered a new disillusionment against Fos on Saturday (74-85).
This defeat worries - "It's not possible to play at this level," complained Donnadieu.
Players are very worrying, there will be an explanation of the text to come on Monday ”- but that did not prevent the club from celebrating and thanking its emblematic president Jean Donnadieu.
The latter had decided, after 44 years of good service, to hand over to his younger son Frédéric.
Many former club players were present for this special evening.
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After two successes in a row - the first in its history in the league at Cholet last week and then in the Coupe de France Wednesday against Rouen - Paris Basketball did not manage the pass of three.
The players of Jean-Christophe Prat, authors of a catastrophic start (8-22, 4th), bowed on the floor of the Halle Carpentier in front of Le Mans (81-92).
Volleyball: premiere night at Le Plessis
History will remember that it was in a boiling atmosphere and against Cambrai, hitherto undefeated leader, on the third day of the championship that Le Plessis-Robinson won, on Saturday, his first success in Ligue A. four sets at the end of a fierce duel (27-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-15).
The Brazilian Hugo de Leon Guimaraes was one of the great architects of victory with 20 points.
At the same time, Paris, despite an Ibrahim Lawani still as valuable (18 points), lost to the leader Chaumont (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19).
The @ prvball92 holds its first victory in LAM - 3/1 against @cambrai_volley @PlessisRobinson @LNVofficiel @ leparisien_92 #combat #clapping thank you all pic.twitter.com/mQj0rgWWOQ
- Plessis Robinson Volley Ball (@ prvball92) October 23, 2021
Among the ladies, the Stade Français Paris Saint-Cloud confirms its good start to the season by winning in 4 sets (17-25, 23-25, 19-25) against the young tricolor shoots of France Avenir 2024. It s' This is the third success in a row for the Parisiennes who started the season with a setback.
Handball: PSG can say thank you to Hansen and the girls of Paris 92 goodbye to Europe
It is the rendezvous that everyone expects every season.
The battle of the leaders of French handball.
This Sunday afternoon, PSG traveled to their best enemy Montpellier for the shock of the 7th day of Starligue.
And the duel kept all its promises.
At the end of a terrible showdown, the Parisians ended up finding the flaw in a shot by Mikkel Hansen on the mermaid (33-34).
PSG, still undefeated, consolidates its first place in the standings.
60 ': YESIIIIIIII!
On the buzzer, @ mikkelhansen24 brand and Paris wins!
MAGNIFICENT !!!!
#MHBPSG pic.twitter.com/Dw8dqryjce
- PSG Handball (@psghand) October 24, 2021
On the other hand for Créteil the situation is complicated.
After starting the season with three successes in five days, the Val-de-Marne club was logically dominated by Aix (23-29), runner-up to PSG in the standings.
The Cristoliens slipped to 10th place.
Finally the players of Paris 92 experienced a terrible disillusion on their field this Sunday against the Spaniards of Bera Bera.
Despite their good first leg result in San Sebastián (27-27) last week and a four-goal advantage (14-10) at half-time in the second leg, they ended up losing (21-26 ).
A defeat synonymous with premature elimination in the European Cup.
Touched in the calf 6 minutes from the end of the match, the French Olympic champion Laura Flippes saw, helplessly on the side, the comeback of the Basques who ended the game with a crippling 4-0.
