Visiting teams recorded wins in the derby games played in the 7th round of the French championships. Noisy-le-Sec defeated Strasbourg 8:5, while Pays d’Aix was better than Montpellier – 13:8.
2021/22 French League, Day 7
Strasbourg – Noisy-le-Sec 5:8 (1:4, 1:3, 1:0, 2:1)
Strasbourg:Babic 2,Buha 1, Misic 1, Valentino 1.
Noisy-le-Sec Cercle 93: Petkovic 3, Ait Dahmane 2, Bjorch 1, Do Carmo 1, Caumette 1.
Montpellier – Pays d’Aix 8:13 (2:5, 3:4, 0:2, 3:2)
Montpellier:D. Zivkovic 2, I.Zivkovic 2, Piot 2, ALfonso Pozo 1, Spillaert 1.
Pays d’Aix: Grgurevic 5, Dino 2, Khasz 2, Giga 2, Beteille 1, Popadic 1
Marseille – Sete 20:9 (4:0, 6:4, 5:1, 5:4)
Marseille: Vernoux 4, Crousillat 3, Bouet 3, Izdinsky 2, Olivon 2,Mas 2, Vanpeperstraete 2, Lena 1, Vukicevic 1.
Sete: Jovanovic 3, Keuning 2, Furman 2, Chandieu 2.
Reims – Douai 8:7 (3:4, 3:0, 2:2, 0:1)
Reims: Pesteric 3, Culina 2, Jakhaia 1, Popovic 1, Lambert 1.
Douai: Croquet 2, Vitrant 2, Vandamme 1, Begovic 1, Balaz 1.
Nice – Tourcoing 9:13 (3:4, 3:2, 2:4, 1:3)
Nice: Stevenson 3, Cutovic 2, Cakic 2, Butic 1, Sterling 1.
Tourcoing Lille: Kujacic 4, Canonne 2, Rocchietta 2, Vincourt 2, Randjic 1, Gagulic 1, Krisman 1.
Noisy-le-Sec opened the game against Strasbourg in a fantastic way, and the great start put the Parisians on the right track. In the 6th minute, Noisy had a 4:0 lead, while it went to 6:1 by the 14th minute. Strasbourg couldn’t recover from that shock. The hosts were a better team in the second half. In the middle of the fourth period, Strasbourg reduced the gap to two (5:7). Still, Noisy controlled the game and recorded an 8:5 win. Noisy is in 3rd place, with a point fewer than Strasbourg, but Strasbourg has played a match more than the team from the capital of France.
The game Montpellier – Pays d’Aix was very similar to the encounter between Noisy and Strasbourg. The visiting team secured a big advantage in the opening minutes. Pay d’Aix gained an early 2:0 lead. In the 6th minute, Montpellier came close to the rival (2:3), but Pays d’Aix responded with four straight goals to earn a 7:2 lead (11th minute). Montpellier couldn’t come back and Pays d’Aix brought the three points home (13:8). Pays d’Aix caught up with Montpellier in points. The two teams share 5th and 6th place in the table.
Marseille had a lot of young players on the roster for the game against Sete. Despite the fact that Andrija Prlainović and Michael Bodegas missed the game, the reigning champion cruised to a big 20:9 victory.
As expected, Tourcoing beat Nice, but the visitors secured the win in the fourth quarter. In the first period, Tourcoing had a two-goal advantage (2:0, 3:1, 4:2), but Nice turned around the score with three straight goals for 5:4. In the 19th minute, Nice was still in front (8:7). However, Tourcoing produced a 6:0 run and jumped to 13:8 three and a half minutes from the end.
The game between Reims and Douai was quite interesting. Douai entered the second quarter with a 4:3 advantage. But, Reims dominated in the middle two quarters and scored four goals in a row. Douai’s fifth goal came in the 28th minute for 5:7. But, immediately after, Reims built a 3-goal lead (8:5). Reims tightened its defense in the last quarter, but it didn’t manage to equalize and take a point.
1 Marseille 7 – 21
2 Strasbourg 7 – 16
3 Noisy-le-Sec 6 – 15
4 Tourcoing 7 – 12
5 Pays d’Aix 7 – 9
6 Montpellier 7 – 9
7 Reims 7 – 7
8 Douai 8 – 6
9 Nice 7 – 6
10 Sete 7 – 3
