It wasn’t easy, but Caen got away with it! The vikings won their sixth victory of the season, their third in a row, this Friday, November 18, 2022 at the Palais des Sports (28-27). But against a Villeurbanne team in difficulty, despite the arrival of Frédéric Bougeant at its head, the Caen Handball suffered more than expected. He was four goals behind in the middle of the second half (19-23, 43′). It took three goals from Maxime Ermolenko in the final eight minutes for the hosts to turn the tide.

Well entered the match, Caen could have spared this suspense. He led 7-3 after ten minutes of play. When the visitors returned (13-13, 23′), the two teams remained neck and neck. Then Villeurbanne took the lead thanks to a very complicated start to the second period in the Norman ranks. The money time was favorable to Théo Géhin, the goalkeeper returning to competition, and his partners. Caen is sixth.

Coach’s words

Roch Bedos, Caen Handball coach: “We’ve been a bit like this for 15 days… We show a great desire not to give up. At -3, on wobbles but on does not crack. We start to doubt because we miss the things that seem the most obvious, especially in the first half. We could have put ourselves in a very advantageous situation. Afterwards, we give confidence to this Villeurbanne team. We start running after the score. We can come back several times but we miss the obvious things. This is a big point on which he will work. What is very important is that this team never gives up, even when it is suffering. On a successful defensive act. Offensive, we lack serenity and fluidity. Sur is at six wins. It’s good. We have no leeway. We are on a rather upward slope with a group that is progressing. We will be satisfied with both points. We’ll be choosy on Monday. We are very content. »

CAEN 28 – 27 VILLEURBANNE

Caen: Vedié, Allais 1, Mancelle 3, Ermolenko 7, Deschamps 2, Crépel 2, Jullian 2, Abily 3, Pereira 2, Poirot 2, Lakbi 3, Slassi 1. GB: Santos 7/26, Gehin 2/6.

Villeurbanne: Thuillier 4, Quintallet 7, Bludzien 1, Chazallet 2, Kaabeche 1, Glorieux 1, Baizidi 4, Gabrieri, Corneil 5, Fofana 1, Zaatir, Paquiom. UK: Druguet 6/23, Dupjachanec 1/10.

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