And a final, one!
While waiting for the rest of the season in the Champions League, of which they will play the round of 16 first leg next week in Plock (Poland), the Parisians, although reduced by numerous injuries, qualified this Wednesday evening for the final of the French Cup.
The PSG Handball players won in Montpellier after a tight match.
Leading at the break (19-18), the players from the capital ended up winning by three small goals (35-32).
But the meeting was not a smooth ride for the Parisians, who trailed by four goals (15-11) in the first period, the maximum gap.
The second half was a breathtaking duel, with no team taking more than one goal in advance, except at the end, quite the opposite of the beating suffered last year by the Parisians at the same stage of the competition, facing to the same opponent (33-20).
PSG was deprived of five major injured players (Prandi, Nikola and Luka Karabatic, Tonnesen and Solé), but it was able to count on Luc Steins (4 goals and 13 assists) and the versatility of Jacob Holm (6 goals out of 9 attempts) and David Balaguer (5/6).
60': Deprived of many players, the 🔴🔵 put in a superb performance in Montpellier and qualified for the #CDF final!
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— PSG Handball (@psghand) March 20, 2024
In the final, on Saturday April 20 at the Accor Arena, Raul Gonzalez's men will face the winner of the other semi-final between Toulouse and Nantes, this Thursday evening (8:30 p.m.).
PSG remains in the race to achieve the Grand Slam this season.
Already winner of the Champions Trophy, he is almost assured of a new title of champion of France.
The capital's team (39 points) is five steps ahead, and therefore two victories and a draw over Nantes (34), and it is difficult to see how it could lose two of the last ten matches that remain to be played. .
This is also still in the race in the Champions League.
In a week, the partners of Swedish goalkeeper Andréas Palicka will play their play-off in Poland in Plock before returning to Coubertin on April 4.