Handball / Starligue – 23rd day: Fenix Toulouse dictates its law in Limoges
Easy winners with the Limougeauds (36-26) this Friday evening, the Toulousains were able to quickly bounce back after their failure on the European scene in Lisbon at the start of the week.
Toulouse was simply too strong for the Haut-Viennois who were unable to withstand the shock and sharpen their weapons over the length of the match. Limoges has complicated its life lately by missing out on its start to the game.
Yesterday, he tried to bring intensity and accuracy to it. But he also came across an impressive strike force from Toulouse. In turn, Uros Borzas, Ayyoub Abdi or Maxime Gilbert indeed took pleasure in clearing the opposing skylights and this put Fenix in orbit (3-5, 6th; 5-7, 9th). In fact, once again, the LH found themselves chasing after the score. Especially since Toulouse, with a neat and loose game, did not hesitate to take his ease (11-15, 21st).
In this hunting position, the Limougeauds did not lower their heads. And the entry of Denis Serdarevic, author of three stops in a row, gave them momentum. But the people of Haut-Garonne rarely got lost and continued to rely on the fundamentals. Passing through Morsten at the pivot or with Dude at the conclusion on the counter-attack, Limoges blew again and again on the neck of his guest (15-17, 28th). Not enough, however, to give Toulouse a cold streak who turned at the break with a three-point lead (17-20).
Effectiveness and relevance
And then the match, already at a high pace, climbed a few degrees on returning from the locker room. Because Limoges is committed to fighting back. And because Toulouse, for its part, made a point of simply not letting go of its host. In its collective expression, its organization and its management, this Midi-Pyrenean training was also strikingly effective and truly relevant. A perfect cocktail which then allows him to completely tip the match in his favor and not to be seen again. With Balenciaga in charge, the Fenix used all their arguments to gradually put their heads under water to Limougeauds in great difficulty not to drink the cup (22-28, 49th).
The affair then turned on its own for Toulouse (24-34, 57th) and the home straight took on the appearance of an ordeal for an LH who was, in the end, harshly sent back to his studies (26-36).
Datasheet
LIMOGES 26 – TOULOUSE 36
MT: 17-20; referees: MM. Carmaux and Mursch.
Limoges: Morsten 2/2, Suty 2/3, Dolenec 8/9 (including 1/1 penalty), Gajic 6/9 (including 2/2 penalty), Dude 1/1, Nieto 0/1, Kollé 1/6 , Hrstic 2/2, Lumbroso 3/6, Paquiom, Samuel, Budalic 1.
Goalkeepers: Budalic 2 saves on 17 shots; Serdarevic 8 saves on 27 shots.
Toulouse: Scale 0/1, Feuchtmann 5/9, Wagner 1/2, Balenciaga 3/4, Jarry, Gilbert 3/4, Kempf 1/2, Borzas 8/8, Pettersson 3/5, Ilic 5/5, Marmier 2/ 4, Martins Vieira 1/1, Sokolic, Abdi 4/6.
Goalkeepers: Lettens 4 saves on 19 shots (including 0/2 pen.); Cantegrel 7 saves on 16 shots (including 0/1 penalty).