USAM Nimes and IFK Kristianstad provided a great handball show with excitement until the last second. The Swedish team achieved the victory by the narrowest margin (24:25).
A great game by the goalkeeper Remi Desbonnet (17 saves) wasn’t enough to avoid the defeat for USAM Nimes. It’s also important to emphasize that a very inspired exhibition of Jurmala Aström (five goals in six shots) is largely at the origin of the second Kristianstad’s triumph in Group B.
GROUP B
USAM Nimes (FRA) vs IFK Kristianstad (SWE) 24:25 (12:13)
- IFK Kristianstad achieved his second consecutive win in the EHF European League
- Remi Desbonnet collected seventeen saves during the game
- Julien Rebichon scored five for Nimes, Aström and Gudmundsson also scored five for Kristianstad
- This is the first defeat for USAM Nimes in Group B
Kristianstad only seal victory at the very end
After such a balanced start (11-11 at 26 minutes) it was already foreseen what was to come. Emotion and unpredictability until the end. Markus Olsson scored the last and decisive goal (24:25) and a great save by Gustaf Banke assured the victory for the Swedish team.
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Tiago