Handball: champion of France for the 9th time, PSG will have to reinvent itself

The title of champion of France in the pocket since this Friday evening (the 9th in total, the 8th consecutive), the PSG will now be able to devote themselves to their two other imminent objectives: the quarters of the Champions League with first the reception the Germans of Kiel, Wednesday (8:45 p.m.), and the Coupe de France (semi-final next Saturday against Toulouse).

If they have the resources, the Parisians will also try to win their last five games in the league and thus refuel, unheard of.

Whatever the outcome of the current season, the capital club will have a completely different face for the next one.

It's done 😃!

Paris wins its 9th title of Champion of France, the 8th consecutive, at the end of this 25th day of Liqui Moly StarLigue.

What a journey!

And it's not finished yet !

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With the departures recorded for several months of Mikkel Hansen (Aalborg), Nedim Remili, Benoît Kounkoud (Kielce), Vincent Gérard (Saint-Raphaël) and Yann Genty (Limoges), the PSG loses very big.

The club has recruited two world-class goalkeepers, Swede Andreas Palicka and Dane Jannick Green, experienced Spaniard David Balaguer (Nantes), young fullbacks Yoann Gibelin (Créteil) and Dominik Màthé (Elverum, the Hungarian is unavailable for many months due to knee surgery).

Osmosis with them must therefore go through strong men capable of lifting the team to the top.

Pillars of the group since 2015, the Karabatic brothers are essential.

Nikola, 38, through his experience with his teammates, remains the master of the game and the emblematic figure of Raul Gonzalez's group.

His rupture of the cruciate ligaments in October 2020 did not start his desire to proudly wear the Parisian jersey, nor that of the France team.

Luka, 34, remains the model captain and the leader of the 3rd defense of the championship.

Best attack by far!

The 3rd man is no longer an unknown.

Since his arrival as the medical joker of the eldest Karabatic, Luc Steins has literally exploded in the eyes of the handball world.

The 27-year-old Dutchman regularly shines with his dynamism and his ability to return a match on his own to the advantage of his team.

Elected MVP of the competition last year, the smallest player in the competition (1.73m), under contract until 2024, is the one that all the big European clubs dream of having in their workforce.

“He does an extraordinary job, underlines Adama Keita, one of the Parisian wingers.

It only remains for him to take a little more leadership.

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To win, you have to score.

Better attack, and by far (36 goals on average), PSG will continue to rely on its two control towers, exemplary of regularity since December.

Poland's Kamil Syprzak (2.07m), who now takes penalties since Mikkel Hansen's injury, has significantly increased his performance in front of opposing defenses year on year, including a 12 out of 12 at the end of March in Nancy.

The title of MVP cannot escape PSG, it is logically placed.

The Latvian Dainis Kristopans (2.15 m) has also settled in the 7 major Parisian.

Behind, the leaders of PSG will finally be able to rely on the rest of the workforce, faithful to the position.

Elohim Prandi is almost back to his best after his horrific New Year's Day assault.

Henrik Toft Hansen has extended, Ferran Solé, Adama Keita and Mathieu Grébille hold the house when they play, like the young shoots of the training center.

All that remains is to materialize the new challenge that awaits PSG: reconstruction.