After two consecutive defeats in all competitions, PSG regained a taste for victory by winning the “H” in Starligue.
Paris Saint-Germain snatched a precious victory (33-32) after an intense match Wednesday evening in Nantes to join Montpellier at the top of the standings, during the 15th day of Starligue.
Thanks to a save from Andreas Palicka on a shot from 7 meters from Valero Rivera at the last second, PSG, eight times defending champion, leaves HBC Nantes on the 3rd provisional step, two points behind the two co-leaders.
And this despite the breathtaking form of left-back Thibaud Briet, who exploded his personal best with 10 goals in the evening.
In the supercharged atmosphere of the XXL, the temporary Nantes hall with more than 10,300 spectators, the Parisians started off on the wrong foot, with successive temporary exclusions from the Karabatic brothers.
As soon as the debates opened, the Nantes people took a two-goal lead, and worked to hold them, helped by an unusual Parisian feverishness in front of goal.
Deprived of its pivot Kamil Syprzak (fibula fatigue fracture) and its half-center Luc Steins (family reason), PSG remained on two defeats in a row against Magdeburg in the Champions League and Montpellier in its garden of the Starligue, after a series of 18 consecutive victories in all competitions.
But the Parisians were able to stay in touch with great defensive streaks and growing ease in attack. And following three consecutive saves from Andreas Palicka, they equalized and regained the advantage (12-13, 25th) against more drafty and less enterprising Nantes.
Returning from the locker room, the “H” again had a good time, carried in turn by a series of stops from its goalkeeper Manuel Gaspar, which allowed the Nantes to take a two-goal lead (20-18 , 38th).
As in the first period, the Parisians accelerated in the middle of the period to regain control (23-24, 43rd), without however managing to take shelter.
In a breathless final, Nantes managed to come back up to PSG 25 seconds from the final whistle, but not to transform the match point.
