Parisians lost against the Germans of Magdeburg (37-31) this Wednesday. They will face Pelister next Thursday, Northern Macedonian club.
Paris Saint-Germain Handball did not make the weight on the field of European champion Magdeburg (37-31), for its first Champions League match under the direction of its new coach Stefan Madsen on Wednesday. This PSG, which discovers the Danish method, was too tender, not oiled enough and too handicapped by injuries to compete with one of the best stables in Europe in recent years (champion in 2023 also), on his field.
The Parisians played without a left -handed winger by profession in the absence of Matthieu Grébille (thigh), Emil Mellegard (knee) and Sindre Heldal, medical joker of the second but not yet qualified. And with a single professional goalkeeper, Jannick Green, due to the (thigh) injury of the Mikkel Lovkvist recruit.
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The young Danish could perhaps have done better than his compatriot (4 stops on 30 shots, only one in the first period), who never found the parade – unlike the opposing goalkeeper, the Spaniard Sergey Hernandez, author of an 11/40 shots), facing the shooters of Magdeburg. In particular the terrible Nordic rear base composed of Felix Klaar (10/10), Omar Magnusson (7/7) and Gisli Kristjansson (3/4 and 5 assists), which was enjoyed spaces found in the Parisian defense.
Exceeds
After a good start to the match (8-6, 11th), in particular by finding Kamil Syprzak (11/13 including 5/5 on penalty in the end) in the post of pivot, PSG was generally exceeded by the speed of Magdeburg. The eastern club has caused many temporary exclusions (6) behind which it punished, in numerical superiority, Parisians.
He thus created a first gap (17-13, 25th) by inflicting a 3-0 after the second two minutes collected by Luka Karabatic, therefore disabled for the rest of the match. Then he was definitively flew up (32-25, 47th) after three consecutive exclusions from Parisians, who then had the merit of not sinking, thanks in particular to a good end of match of Yahia Omar (5/9) and the impactful entrance of the young Noah Gaudin (2/2). They will receive the North-Macedonians of the Pelister next Thursday to try to open their counter.
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