The reunion between the H and the Blaugranas ended in a victory for Barcelonacarried by a N'Guessan on fire, he who had his best match this evening in the Champions League since the start of the season. He knew how to take his responsibilities while the Barça captain is away from the field for two months. The start of the match took place on the same basis as the previous meeting on Nantes soil. Barça put a lot of pace in order to surprise the Nantes residents (4-4, 5').
The H lost too many balls in attack, which allowed the locals to take the advantage in the 9th minute (6-3). However, the fit man aside Nantes during the last outings, Julien Bosauthor of 6 goals in the first act, took his responsibilities during the first 20 minutes of play, which allowed Nantais to come back to the score (6-6, 11') and even take the lead at times (7-9 , 15').
However, after several rotations and a lack of lucidity in the money-time of the first half, the players from the city of the Dukes of Brittany completely missed the last minutes, despite a numerical superiority of +2 in the 25th minute . Result of the races: 5 goals behind at the break after this big air gap (19-14, 30').
The H fails to come back to the score.
The Nantais defense in the evening had difficulty stopping shots from 9 meters from the Barcelona backs, not helped by the poor success of its goalkeepers. The relationship between the rear base and the pivot was one of the satisfactions of this second act, on the H side where Nicolas Tournat and his teammates in the post managed to put themselves in dominant positions to play their duels against the Barça goalkeepers. Carlos Ortega did not hesitate to rotate and give playing time to the young Spanish guard in a second half where the score changed very little.
Entering the money-time, Barcelona continues to shine in attack, notably thanks to its backs (N'Guessan 8 goals out of 10 attempts). Barcelona won this evening (36-30) against HBC Nantes and continues to lead at the top of Group B of the Champions League with 15 points. The people of Nantes are now refocusing on the championship, the priority objective of the season.
