OGC Nice played in Paris for the last match of this first phase of the championship.
An important match for the Nice players against a top team in the LFH championship: Issy Paris Handball, semi-finalist in the last playoffs and on the podium of the championship for the past 6 years.
On one side, OGC Nice with 3 consecutive victories (Chambray 29-27; Toulon 22-27; Le Havre 34-19), on the other side Issy Paris coming off 3 consecutive defeats (against Metz 33-21; against Brest 25-30; against Nantes 23-22), holding the 5th place just 3 points behind OGC Nice.
This match would allow the Nice team to enter the break on the podium!
The duel promised to be physical, intense, and undoubtedly the Parisian team was eager to bring down the Eaglets in front of their home crowd.
The Nice players would have the opportunity to widen the gap with Nantes, which was heavily defeated by Metz in the opening of J11 (38-23), which would be an excellent operation before the break.
Ultimately, it was Paris-Issy who won the clash with a score of 36-27, after a balanced first half (18-16) and a second half largely dominated, thanks to a turbo start that allowed them to take the lead: 21-16.
From there, the Parisian team played the hare, steadily widening the gap (36-24) before conceding a comeback to the Azur team.
The trio, Haracek (10 goals), Abbing (9), and Solberg in goal dominated the match.
On the Eaglet side, Carmen Martin 8 goals/11 shots, Abdelmalek (5/8) J. Blomnou (4/8) stood out. Colic (8 saves/39 shots, 53 min) and Sako (2/7, 12 min) opposed the adversary’s offensives as much as possible.
A misstep that doesn’t detract from the Nice team’s good note for this first part of the season, which remains to be confirmed after the international break…
