Starligue: Held in check by Toulouse by conceding a draw, MHB shoots itself in the foot

Hesham a bien eu la balle de match au bout des doigts. Mais son tir lointain n'a pas fait mouche. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

After a mediocre second half, MHB was held to a draw by Toulouse (28-28) at the FDI Stadium on Matchday 14 of the Starligue, with Paris and Nantes distancing them.

In a match where they led 6-1 after ten minutes, MHB almost lost for the first time at home this season. A defeat against the moribund Toulouse team, caught in the European Cup washing machine this season, would have been a real stain, as it was a year ago at the same time (33-29 defeat in Garonne).

Instead, it will be a draw. A lesser evil given the physiognomy of the end of the match and the still breathtaking performance of Danijel Andjelkovic's men, diabolical at seven against six in attack and so effective in tiered defense.

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With this first bad result at the FDIStadium this season, the Montpellier team still shoots itself in the foot, inevitably letting Paris and Nantes escape a little more at the top of the ranking. Whatever the outcome of the battle of the chiefs this Sunday (4 p.m.) in Loire-Atlantique.

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The breakdown blow

“It's very disappointing, Érick Mathé breathed afterwards. In the end, it could have gone one way or the other. But we managed to save this match and give ourselves a match ball, which we didn't convert. But the regrets are more about our inability to score goals. goals.”

His players did indeed have that winning shot. But the attempt from too far away by Ahmed Hesham, who was once again taking responsibility, was nothing more than a damp squib. And even if his shot had ended up in the back of the Toulouse net, it would not have masked the disconcerting inability of Valentin Porte's teammates in attack, scoring only three goals in the last ten minutes.

They were also not helped by the collapse of Rémi Desbonnet and Charles Bolzinger in the second half in goal (three saves between them). On Tuesday against Nîmes in the Coupe de France, it was over (22-28). Saturday night, the adversity was completely different. And the MHB could regret it a little later in the season.

Montpellier – Toulouse: 28-28

FDI Stadium.
Half-time: 15-12.
Referees: R.Heddid and M.Picot.
Spectators: 2632.
MONTPELLIER: Bolzinger (12%, 1 save on 8 shots including 0/1 on penalties), Desbonnet (30%, 9/30 on penalties), 2/4pen, 2 goals on 2 shots). Karlsson (6/8 dt 2/3 pen.), Simonet (0/1), Pellas (6/8 dt 0/1 pen.), Cikusa (1/1), Hesham (3/7), Fernandez (1/2), A.Lenne (0/1), Prat, Konan, Monte (5/8), Aho, (cap.) Porte (3/6), Guigon, Nacinovic (1/3).
Two minutes at: Fernandez (3rd), Hesham (11th).
TOULOUSE : Lettens (36%, 14/39dt 1/2pen.), Belkaied (0 %, 0/1pen.). Giraudeau, Feuchtmann (2/5 dt 1/2 pen.), Nyembo (3/3), Doniecki (1/1), Gilbert, Kempf (7/7), Diallo, Kall (1/2), Kojadinovic (5/7), (cap.) Ilic (5/7 dt 2/3), Vieira (4/8), Mindegia, Robert (0/1).
Two minutes at: Nyembo (4th, 12th), Feuchtmann (54th).

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