Handball: Montpellier at full strength to face Aix, after the disappointment suffered in Nantes

Diego Simonet and the MHB ready to host Aix-en-Provence. Dorian Cayuela

Beaten in Loire Atlantique last Sunday, Erick Mathé's men host Aix-en-Provence, a team with which they are tied, this Saturday, October 5 (8 p.m.).

“Everyone is on deck”, confirms Erick Mathé this Friday, on the eve of facing Aix-en-Provence. Everyone including pivot Veron Nacinovic, who forfeited last Sunday in Nantes. “We would have played him in Nantes but we risked losing him for three weeks afterwards,explains the Hérault technician. "Having him for this match and losing him for eight or nine matches afterwards, with the European Cup, it wasn't worth it". It is therefore the young Lucas Guigon who pays the price for the return of the Croatian international.

“They are gaining confidence”

And he will need all his men to overcome the Provençaux who are having a good start to the season. “Factually, they are on a par with us. We can look at it by saying that they have not played the four best in the championship. Of course, mBut in any case, they are gaining confidence with these victories. This is a team that has made a lot of changes in the off-season, I think it's 9 in the team”, analyzes Mathé.

The match

MHB – Aix-en-Provence.

Saturday October 5   8pm at the FDI Stadium and on beIN SPORTS 3.

The squad: Bolzinger, Desbonnet. Karlsson, Simonet, Villeminot, Pellas, Cikusa, Hesham, Fernandez, Arthur Lenne, Prat, Konan, Monte, Porte (cap.), Yanis Lenne, Nacinovic.

That's why Montpellier wants to stay focused on this match before thinking about the future European games, which open on Tuesday, October 8 with the reception of Silkeborg. “Here, we were really focused on this match preparation. And then, the time will come to plan ahead and do things differently than what we are doing now, of course”, concludes the former Chambérien.

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