Dunkerque risks waking up with a serious hair problem. Because the hangover will be as high as the drunkenness at the start of the match, to toast with a beer from the North when Pelayo and Billant, the two children of the country, put the USDK on the right track.
Trailing (6-7, 11th) following a third penalty conceded, the USDK therefore relied on Florian Billant (4 goals at the break) to regain the lead (8-7, 15th) and on Tom Pelayo to dig deeper the gap (6 goals at the break, 8 in total). Because if Créteil resisted for a while (10-9, 20ᵉ), the visitors ended up giving up (16-12, 30ᵉ).
The fatal air hole
Did Dunkirk see itself as too good? In any case, he was confident enough to fall asleep and score only four small goals after returning from the locker room in fifteen minutes. A period of time during which Créteil could catch up (20-19, 46ᵉ). “ We have a lot of regrets because we had the cards to win but we started the second half really badly », breathes Gautier Crépel.
And the Dunkirks, as the minutes passed, lacked control and above all energy to achieve a fourth success in a row in the championship. A feat that Dunkirk has not managed to reproduce for three years and four months now (4 consecutive successes between May and June 2021, editor’s note). “ We take a little blow to the back of the head but we know that the championship is difficultby Tarik Hayatoune. If we want to get a fifth or sixth place, this is the type of match that we must master. »
The USDK will have the opportunity to heal its wounds during the (long) week of recovery that awaits it before its trip, in nine days to Chambéry.
USDK – CRÉTEIL 24-26 (16-12)
USDK: Romero (X saves), Harbaoui (11 saves), Pelayo (8 goals), Marie-Joseph (2), Billant (4), Crépel (1), Szucs (1), Kragh (5), Arteaga (2 ).
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