Marseille, the French League leader, opened the new year with a win in the derby match of the 14th round.
Marseille defeated Tourcoing 10:7 and kept the perfect record – 11 victories in as many games. The other big match of the day, Noisy-le-Sec – Pays d’Aix has been postponed due to the coronavirus cases. Last week, the game Pays d’ Aix -Montpellier was postponed for the same reason.
Strasbourg continued its winning streak with a victory over Montpellier.
2020/21 French League, Day 14
Marseille – Tourcoing 10:7 (3:2, 3:1, 1:1, 3:3)
CN Marseille: Prlainovic 4, Crousillat 2, Marion-Vernoux 2, Izdinsky 1, Vernoux 1.
EN Tourcoing: Kujacic 2, Krisman 1,Rocchietta 1, Vincourt 1
Strasbourg – Montpellier 14:7 (4:1, 3:1, 4:2, 3:3)
Strasbourg: Denux 3, Misic 3, Buden 2. Markovic 2, Buha 2, Missy 1, Babic 1.
Montpellier: Mustur 2, Kalinic 2, D. Zivkovic 2, Piot 1.
Bordeaux – Sete 6:15 (1:3, 1:3, 2:4, 2:5)
Bordeaux: Knezevic 3, Lincheneau 1, Gonzalez 1, Toth 1.
Sete Natation: Mijuskovic 5, Alfonso Pozo 3, Porobic 2, Sauton 1, Kopeliadis 1, Beteille 1, Lopinot 1, Furman 1.
Reims- Douai 10:11 (4:2, 1:3, 4:3, 1:3)
Stade de Reims: Kovacic 4, Pesteric 2, Krivokapic 1, Dulin 1, Calic 1, Vix 1
FNC Douai: Begovic 4, Vitrant 3, Bouet 2, Balaz 1, Vandamme 1.
Noisy-le-Sec – Pays d’Aix postponed
Nice bye
Marseille, led by Andrija Prlainovic, who recovered and returned to the team, opened the match against Tourcoing with a 3:0 lead. The hosts kept the three-goal distance until the end. Tourcoing managed to reduce the gap to one a few times(2:3, 3:4), but an experienced home team controlled the match and earned three points.
Strasbourg, the reigning champion, defeated Montpellier convincingly. The title-holders had a 6-goal lead already in the 13th minute (7:1). In the third period, they increased the distance to seven (9:2, 10:3, 11:4), and the final period saw a balanced battle. Strasbourg climbed into 2nd place in the table. Strasbourg has two points more than Noisy-le-Sec, but Noisy played two matches less.
Douai jumped to 6th place (the top six teams will advance to the playoff) and pushed Montpellier to the 7th position.
Douai traveled to Reims and fought a hard battle with the home team. Reims led for most of the time and entered the last quarter with a slim 9:8 advantage. Douai opened the fourth period with two goals and went ahead. The hosts equalized (10:10), but Bouet scored a winner for Douai from a penalty 70 seconds before the end.
Rescheduled matches (played on Wednesday)
Strasbourg – Sete 13:10 (3:2, 3:4, 4:4, 3:0)
Strasbourg: Markovic 5, Valentino 3, Babic 3, Buha 1, Missy 1.
Sete : Kopeliadis 2, Alfonso Pozo 2, Mijuskovic 2,Furman 1, Porobic 1, Beteille 1,Chandieu 1.
Bordeaux – Douai 6:10 (0:1, 1:3, 2:2, 3:4)
Bordeaux: Toth 2,Streiff 1, Lincheneau 1, Gonzalez 1, Cohat 1.
Douai: Bouet 3, Michel 2, Balaz 2.Croquet 1, Begovic 1, Spooner 1.
1 Marseille 11 – 33
2 Strasbourg 13 – 30
3 Noisy-le-Sec 11 – 28
4 Tourcoing 13 – 22
5 Pays d’Aix 11 – 18
6 Douai 11 – 18
7 Montpellier 12 – 17
8 Reims 12 – 9
9 Sete 13 – 7
10 Nice 10 – 7
11 Bordeaux 13 – 0
