Balled by Angers this Friday in his ice rink in match 1 of the final of the Magnus League, Grenoble finally had the last word (4-2) against his dolphin of the regular season, in search of a first title. The two teams will meet on Saturday evening, still in Isère.
Grenoble dreams of winning a ninth title of champion of France, Angers to open his record. For the moment, it is the wolf burners, first of the regular season, which are closest to their goal. However, the road seems all the longer that the match 1 of this final of the Magnus League and remake of the last final of the Coupe de France won by Angers, this Friday evening in Isère, gave rise to a terrible confrontation, literally and figuratively.
The two teams indeed went blow for this first meeting, to the point that the meeting ends in an extreme tension climate materialized by the stroke of Valentin Grossetete in the … neck of Nicolas Ritz in response to the latter’s scathing on Damien Fleury. Result: Grossete, expelled, will miss the match 2, Saturday evening, still in Grenoble. Fortunately for the show as for the many spectators who have come to massage in the stands of polesud, there was also talk of ice hockey during this kick -off of the final. And on this level, it was therefore the Grenobles who started best, even if their success in the face of their dolphin of the regular season took time to take shape.
Boivin and Dair release Grenoble
At the dawn of the third third time, the premises, who had opened the scoring by Sacha Treille and then doubled the bet on a goal from Nicolas Deschamps, only led a goal (2-1) to the dukes who had a time equalized by Sami Tavernier. Unfortunately for the Angevins, Grenoble put 63 seconds only to regain the head.
Rewarded for their excellent start to third third, the Grenoblois did not wait more than … Thirteen seconds in the period to make the break thanks to their Canadian striker Christophe Boivin, the top scorer in Magnus league and double French champion with Rouen. In the process, Aurélien Dair brought the scoring to 4-1 for Grenoble. Angers did not let go and was rewarded a second time, with a superb goal from Matthew Prapavessis, but for honor only.