A four-week break in the French League has been over and the League has been continued. But, a derby of the 13th round has been put on hold. Pays d’Aix was supposed to host Marseille. The game has been postponed to a later date due to several positive cases for COVID within the two teams, Pays d’Aix announced.
Despite the fact that the match of the day wasn’t played, there were several interesting games. Sete and Montpellier shared the points, Noisy-le-Sec defeated Nice after a great battle…
2020/21 French League, Day 13
Nice – Noisy-le-Sec 12:15 (2:3, 5:2, 2:6, 3:4)
Olympic Nice: Gardikas 6, Butic 2, Colak 2, Cakic 1, Canovas 1.
Noisy-le-Sec: Marzouki 5, Rasovic 3, Caumette 3, Bjorch 2,Krapic 2.
Tourcoing – Bordeaux 20:10 (5:2, 6:3, 4:1, 5:4)
Tourcoing: Canonne 6, Grgurevic 3, Kujacic 3, Avena 2, Ben Romdhane 2, Randjic 2, Crosetti 1,
Rocchietta 1.
Bordeaux: Toth 5, Gadza 2, Lincheneau 1, Cohat 1, Knezevic 1.
Reims – Strasbourg 5:17 (0:3, 2:3, 3:7, 0:4)
Stade de Reims: Kovacic 2, Krivokapic 1, Signoret 1, Calic 1.
Strasbourg: Markovic 6, Buha 3,Misic 2, Babic 2, Missy 2, Culina 1, Denux 1.
Sete – Montpellier 10:10 (1:5,2:3, 4:0, 3:2)
Sete: Furman 5, Mijuskovic 2, Porobic 1, Chandieu 1, Alfonso Pozo 1.
Montpellier: Delas 2, Ivankovic 2, I. Zivkovic 2, Vasseur 1, Mustur 1, Kalinic 1, D. Zivkovic 1
Pays d’Aix – Marseille postponed
Noisy-le-Sec recorded an away victory in Nice and keeps 2nd place. The Parisians started well and took a two-goal lead in the opening minutes (2:0, 3:1, 4:2). Nice was a better rival in the 2nd period, turned around a 2-goal deficit to a 2-goal lead. The hosts had a 7:5 advantage at halftime. The third period was crucial for the outcome. In the middle of this quarter, Noisy equalized (8:8), and earned an 11:9 advantage before the last pause. The visitors jumped to a 15:10 lead with four minutes to go and Nice couldn’t come back. Noisy’s captain Mehdi Marzouki was the best scorer with five goals.
The 10th-placed Sete produced the biggest surprise of the day. Sete shared the points with Montpellier, the club which is in the race for the playoffs. Montpellier opened the match as expected. The visitors built a 5-goal lead in the 9th minute (6:1) and maintained the difference until the middle break (8:3). Sete netted four straight goals and cut the deficit (7:8) before the final eight minutes. Early in the fourth period, the hosts equalized – 8:8. Montpellier ended its long scoreless phase midway through the fourth quarter and scored two goals to earn a 10:8 advantage. Still, Sete was able to secure a point. A minute and 18 seconds before the end, Sete’s Adam Furman scored his 5th goal for the final score – 10:10.
Tourcoing cruised to a win over Bordeaux, which still has no points. Titleholder Strasbourg easily beat Reims.
Matches of 12th round (played on Wednesday)
USB Bordeaux – Pays d’Aix Natation 9:20 (3:5, 1:4, 2:8, 3:3)
Bordeaux : Gadza 3, Lincheneau 2,Streiff 1, Knezevic 1, Toth 2.
Pays d’Aix : Khasz 4, Gagulic 4, , Gluhaic 3, Popadic 2, Monneret 2, Bakircilar 2, D’Souza 2, Debiais 1.
Montpellier – Tourcoing 10:12 (3:3, 4:3, 1:4, 2:2)
Montpellier : Kalinic 3,Delas 3,Piot 1, Mustur 1, D.Zivkovic 1, I. Zivkovic 1.
Tourcoing : Kujacic 5, Grgurevic 2, Vincourt 1, Rocchietta 1, Canonne 1, Krisman 1, Randjic 1.
1 Marseille 10 – 30
2 Noisy-le-Sec 11 – 28
3 Strasbourg 11 – 24
4 Tourcoing 12 – 22
5 Pays d’Aix 11 – 18
6 Montpellier 11 – 17
7 Douai 9 – 12
8 Reims 11 – 9
9 Nice 10 – 7
10 Sete 11 – 4
11 Bordeaux 11 – 0
