After two defeats in a row at home against Chambery and Zaporozhye, HBC Nantes players have returned to victory at Beaulieu on the occasion of the reception of Toulouse (31-27). They were deprived of Lagarde, Gurbindo and Tournat. The young Pechmalbec and Delecroix have ensured just like Valero Rivera and once again Nicolas Claire. It was the last game of the year at the H Beaulieu before a series of six trips and PSG reception at XXL.
Dragan Pechmalbec (pivot of the HBCN): " Even the big clubs sometimes have shots of slack, it is necessary to learn how to manage them: it is part of the life of a season! In these moments of weakness, we manage to negotiate them sometimes better than others, like tonight despite many absences. After, I always prepared myself to be operational to palliate a potential absence of Nico (Tournat). It is unfortunately not invincible and if by chance it happened to him a glitch, I must be effective, On this match it is, I think, the supplement of aggressiveness which made it possible to get out of it: this gnac, this harshness that brings, too, this little more collective soul. "
Arnaud Siffert (goalkeeper of HBCN): " We needed this victory, be it in terms of accounting or morale, which is more at home and against a misclassified. Coherence and cohesion, it was better ... even though we used to impose ourselves. It did not end in forty-five minutes as one might have thought at one point ... This proves, well, that we are not safe from anything in this LidlStarligue! It was sometimes difficult to contain the counter-attacks of this team that has juice. Now we have been able to remobilize and react together. It will be weird to leave now for a month of Nantes, with a return that will be, in addition, the XXL and not here. This will require exploits off our land. "
HBC Nantes - Toulouse 31-27 (15-11) HBC NANTES. - Goalkeepers: Dumoulin, Siffert (15/42 including 2/2 pen and 1/1 shoot). Scorers: Delecroix (3/5), Faluvegi, Guillo (0/1), O. Nyokas (2/5), Claire (7/9), Auffret, Lie Hansen, Pechmalbec (3/5), Feliho (0 / 1), Emonet (0/1), Rivera (10/14 with 4/5 pen), Lazarov (2/6), Balaguer (3/4 with 2/2 pen). Coach: Thierry Anti. TOULOUSE. - Goalkeepers: Idrissi (11/39 including 1/6 pen), Bonnefoi (0/1 pen). Scorers: Chelle, Olsson (6/15), Delanghe, Przybylski (3/5), Halimi, Margnoux, Garcia Barcelo (1/1), Gilbert (1/1) Ruiz Sanchez (4/5), Sole Sala (5) / 6 including 2/2 pen), Ilic (7/9), Jakobsen (0/2), Tribillon. Coach: Philippe Gardent. Referees: Mourad Bounouara and Richard Thobie.5902 spectators. Temporary exclusions: Feliho (21 ', 38', 54 '), Pechmalbec (39'), Guillo (57 ') for Nantes; Olsson (19 '), Ruiz Sanchez (29'), Garcia Barcelo (32 ', 51'), Jakobsen (44 ') for Toulouse. Exclusion: Feliho (54 ').