Handball. Led by six goals at half-time, Caen brings back the draw from Nice
Through Aline Chatel
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Caen could have hoped for better than a draw by training in Nice, which they had beaten by eight goals in the first leg, but the scenario for the 18th day of Proligue has everything to please them. Led by six goals at halftime (17-11), after “a big slump” according to Roch Bedos, the Vikings finally brought back the draw from the Côte d’Azur, Friday February 18, 2022 (28- 28). Both teams had the possessions to take the lead, with Caen equalizing one last time three minutes from time, but parity remained.
We always said to ourselves that if we had had a better first half, victory was possible. It remains a good point on the outside. It may serve us, since we keep the goal average.
The air pocket of the first half will not ultimately have been fatal to the Caennais. We could fear it as it had made us forget the good start of the visitors. “We didn’t score for eight minutes and we offered a bunch of balls to Nice, who didn’t ask for that much. Despite this, we felt that we were not very far because we had played really badly for a little while… ”
Caen quickly returned
If Caen HB managed to put their heads back in place, the result could be very different. She was. “In the second half, we were more present defensively while bringing more quality offensively. We came back pretty quickly. The two teams went blow for blow in the second half. “On a last defense, on don’t give up. It’s quite heroic. »
NICE 28 – 28 CAEN
NICE: Dupont-Marion, Pirani 1, Savini 3, Oppedisano 4, Castro Alvarez 4, Chiuffa 6, Gaillard, Laursen, Marrochi, Lopez, Popovic, Bon 7, Mouchot, Rossi. GB: Gudjonnson (8 out of 29 saves).
CAEN: Muyembo 2, Allais 4, Langevin, Mancelle 5, Créau 7, Lagier Pitre 6, Ermolenko, Guillard 1, Trottet 1, Dechamps 1, Lakbi 1, Slassi. GB: Santos (4 stops out of 18) and Portat (7 stops out of 21).
Nice missed all five penalties
Nice can blame themselves in more ways than one. The Southerners achieved a rather staggering underperformance by missing their five penalties obtained. Justin Portat, author of three parades in the exercise, took the opportunity to show that his good form was still there. Laurent Lagier Pitre for his part converted his six shots, without however scoring as many goals as Mathias Créteau (8 goals). Caen signed a second away draw, after their defeat against Cherbourg at home, and reignited a positive dynamic. The Vikings are eighth with two points remaining in the play-offs.
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