Argentinian playmaker Montpellier Diego Simonet, victim of a calf injury last Friday against Istres, is unavailable to play in the Final Four of the European Handball League this weekend in Flensburg (Germany), announced Wednesday the Hérault club. “Diego’s season is over,” Montpellier manager Patrice Canayer told a press conference. Simonet, 33, was voted best player in the Final Four of the Champions League in 2018, a competition won for the second time by the MHB at the expense of Nantes (32-27).
Left winger Hugo Descat, hit in early March, resumed collective training on Wednesday. The international (30 years old, 41 caps), who will join the Hungarian club Veszprem next season, underwent surgery for a partial rupture of the cruciate ligament of the right knee contracted on March 3 against Saint-Raphaël during the 19th day. of championship. For his coach however, “Hugo is not ready to be in the group of 16 players”.
Montpellier will play the semi-final of the European League on Saturday, the second European Cup behind the Champions League, against the Germans of Fuchse Berlin. The other semi-final will pit the Spaniards from Granollers against another German club, Göppingen.
