DIRECT. Kiel-MHB: dominated, Montpellier is still in the race for Final 4 against Kiel at half-time

Les Héraultais sont à l’échauffement dans la grande Sparkassen-Arena de Kiel. Midi Libre – Benoit Rouyre

Montpellier se déplace à la Sparkassen-Arena pour y défier Kiel lors du quart de finale retour de la Ligue des champions, ce jeudi 2 mai.

A match to follow live with commentary here:

HALF-TIME: KIEL 17 – 12 MONTPELLIER. Well into its game, the MHB then wasted several ammunition in attack and saw THW Kiel having made up half of its deficit at the break.

29e: Time out requested by Kiel for their last attack. Bilyk scores a new goal for Kiel (17-12). Montpellier loses the ball in the final seconds.

28e:Skube takes the outside interval and his cross shot finds Mrkva. Pekeler is found in the pivot and scores a roucoulette on Bolzinger (16-11). Lenne A. is again served at 6m and deceives Mrkva from close range (16-12).

27e: Pellas is staggered by Porte once again and the winger scores (14-11). Bilyk feints and opens the goal (15-11).

26e: Bolzinger makes the stop that  ;rsquo;we need to focus on Reinkind's shot. Time out requested by Patrice Canayer.

25e: Lenne A. gets a 7m throw for zone defense. Fernandez misses the shot. Bilyk with a shot in the back deceives Bolzinger (14-10). Rapid and missed shot for the MHB.

24e:Bilyk finds Bolzinger on his way but the referees return to a foul and Johansson scores the penalty by lobbing Bolzinger (13-10).

23e: Johansson still finds the opening by far (12-9). Lenne A. continues and scores again at 6m (12-10).

22e: Dahmke pierces Bolzinger at the near post (11 -8). Wallinius gets 2 minutes for a foul on Porte. Lenne A. struggles to recover the ball and deceive Mrkva (11-9).

21e : Skube walks around the center and arrives at 6m to conclude his action (10-8).

20th: Bolzinger stops the shot but the referees come back to a prior fault. Wiencek is once again shifted to the pivot position and Bolzinger diverts the shot.

19e:market whistled against the MHB. The Montpellier residents stammer their handball in attack.

18e: Simonet misses the target. Ekberg beats Bolzinger at 6m (10-7).

17th: entry into second pivot of Pellas, found by Porte who beats Mrkva (9-7). Kiel shoots wide while Bolzinger has entered the cages.

16e: Reinkind shoots Desbonnet at the near post (9 -6).

15e : Door shifts Skube which fits 6m but his quick shot is stopped by Mrkva once again. Wiencek is found by Johansson alone at the pivot position and deceives Desbonnet (8-5). Montpellier has just suffered a 4-0. Porte concludes the attack and revives Montpellier (8-6).

14e:at 5, Montpellier defends well but Johansson finds the net again (7-5).

13th: Monte misses his shot and Kiel scores the empty goal (6-5). New loss of ball from MHB and Monte on the withdrawal takes 2 minutes of suspension.

12e: Monte takes responsibility at the time of refusal of play but his shot is saved by Mrkva. Johansson arrives launched at 6m and ends his action with a beautiful chabala on Desbonnet (5-5).

11e: two minutes for Door for a hand at Johansson's face. The latter takes a long-range shot but Desbonnet makes his first save.

10e:Bellahcene is out and is replaced by Mrkva. Porte is once again cut by Overby. Video requested. Red for the Norwegian pivot from Kiel. Monte ends the action with a long cross shot (4-5).

9e: perfect kung fu to find Reinkind who already scored his 3rd goal (4-4).

8e: Pellas is perfectly offset by Monte who deceives Bellahcene (3-4). Panic gets two minutes for a foul on Wiencek.

7e : Reinkind takes his interval and deceives Desbonnet at first post (3-3).

6e: Monte smashes the crossbar. Reinkind makes a strong pass and on the counter-attack Lenne is pushed by Johansson: two minutes for the Kiel player and Pellas misses the penalty against Mrkva.

5e:Wiencek wins a penalty but Ekberg shoots over.

4e: Reinkind takes a quick shot into the opposite corner which takes Desbonnet on the wrong foot (2-2). Then Lenne shifts, doesn't tremble and deceives Bellahcene (2-3)

3e: Johansson takes first German shot, finds the post and Desbonnet's foot enters the ball (1-2). Forceful passage whistled against Porte while Wiencek is not far from the tackle on the Montpellier rear.

2nd: arm raised and refusal to game whistled against Kiel. Monte is cut again by Wiencek but nothing is whistled. Nacinovic concluded the work of his team (0-2).

1e:Duvnjak puts his hands in Skube's head and receives the first two minutes of the game. Porte is found in the interval and deceives Bellahcene for his first shot (0-1).

0e: kick off is given by the MHB. Desbonnet attacks in goal and Bellahcene on the Kiel side.

H – 5' : the match will be refereed by the Norwegian pair: Jorum and Kleven. Montpellier will play the match in blue and Kiel in its white outfit.

H – 10' : Patrice Canayer's players carry out their last training in the Sparkassen-Arena before their fight against Kiel.

#Handball L’échauffement est en cours pour les joueurs du MHB et du THW Kiel. Rendez-vous sur https://t.co/eHwgKOBTSf pour suivre le quart de finale retour en Allemagne pic.twitter.com/5joKymQAdN

— Midi Libre Sports (@MidiLibreSports) May 2, 2024

H – 15' : MHB supporters who were unable to travel to Germany will all meet at the MHB Café which will full house this evening.

300 réservations au MHB cafe pour le match retour de 1/4 de finale de LDC Kiel –@mhbofficiel pic.twitter.com/v03ZZNb44c

— France Bleu Hérault (@bleuherault) May 2, 2024

H – 30' : two teams have already qualified for the Final 4 in Cologne (June 8-9): Aalborg s& ;rsquo;was defeated by Veszprem and his armada of Frenchmen and Magdeburg defeated Kielce on penalties. PSG will attempt the feat of overcoming Barcelona this Thursday evening at 8:45 p.m. after being beaten by 8 goals.

H – 45' : during the first leg, Montpellier, who had chosen to play the match at the FDI Stadium, largely won at the end of a match controlled from start to finish and finished with a nine-goal lead.

H – 60' : Montpellier travels to Germany to try to reach the Final 4 for only the second time in its history after 2018, and its victorious journey. The MHB will have to resist Kiel to reach Cologne. Montpellier has already reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League nine times, qualifying only 3 times in the semi-finals.