Visiting teams recorded wins in four of five games of the 10th round of the French League. Most of the favorites collected points. Douai produced the big surprise by defeating Montpellier 10:8.
French League 2019/20, Day 10
Sete – CN Marseille 7:15 (1:4, 3:4, 2:3, 1:4)
Sete Natation : Rustamov 3, Mantion 2, Do Carmo 2.
CN Marseille : Crousillat 4, Kovacevic 2, Blary 2, Vanpeperstraete 2, Olivon 1, Vernoux 1, Durdic 1, Marion:Vernoux 1, Christiaens 1.
Montpellier –Douai 8:10 (1:3, 3:2, 2:2, 2:3)
Montpellier WP: I. Zivkovic 2, Spilliaert 2, Vilcot Lambert 1, Delas 1, Kalinic 1, D. Zivkovic 1.
FNC Douai: Rocchietta 4, Bouet 3, Muller 3.
Pays d’Aix – Reims 17:11 (4:2, 3:3, 6:3, 4:3)
Pays d’Aix Natation : Espanol 6, Gagulic 4, Monneret 3, Gluhaic 2, Saux 1, Khasz 1.
Stade de Reims : Vix 3, Balaz 3, De Vie 2, Andelic 1, Caraj 1, Bielik 1,
Nice –Strasbourg 7:10 (2:1, 0:3, 2:4, 3:2)
Olympic Nice: Caumette 4, Sutic 1, Canovas 1, Cutovic 1.
Team Strasbourg: Babic 3, Bratic 2, Begovic 1, Denux 1, Buden 1, Chion 1, Jablonski 1.
Noisy-le-Sec – Tourcoing 9:12 (4:5, 3:4, 1:1, 1:2)
CN Noisy-le-Sec : Marzouki 3, Peisson 2, Petkovic 2, Pliskevich 1, Kolarik 1.
EN Tourcoing: Randjic 4, Kujacic 4, Grgurevic 2, Papapostolou 1, Vincourt 1,
Montpellier suffered the first loss on the home soil this season. Douai stunned the hosts with a 2:0 lead. Montpellier cut the deficit a few times (3:4, 4:5,6:7), but it couldn’t equalize. Douai earned a 10:6 advantage four minutes before the end and everything was decided.
Marseille easily defeated last-placed Sete – 15:7 and keeps the top spot. Marseille opened the match with a 6:1 lead and that decided the rest of the match.
Pays d’Aix hosted Stade de Reims. By the middle of the second quarter, Pays d’Aix built a safe 7:2 lead. Reims tried to come back, it reduced the gap early in the third quarter (5:7), but the hosts’ win was never in danger. Alberto Espanol led Aix with six goals.
Tourcoing recorded a 12:9 victory over Noisy-le-Sec in the derby played in Paris. The teams were in a neck-and-neck race during the first two periods. In the last minute of the second quarter, Tourcoing managed to earn a 2-goal lead (9:7) and kept an advantage until the end.
Reigning champion Strasbourg visited Nice. The home team had an opening 2:0 advantage. Strasbourg took control in the second period and went 6:2 up in the 18th minute. They maintained a 4-goal gap until the last break (8:4) and secured themselves a calm finish of the game.
1 Marseille 9- 24
2 Pays d’Aix 9 – 22
3 Strasbourg 10 – 18
4 Tourcoing 9 – 18
5 Noisy-le-Sec 10 – 18
6 Montpellier 7 – 10
7 Nice 9 – 10
8 Reims 10 – 9
9 Douai 9 – 6
10 Sete 10 – 1
