[DIRECT] Montpellier is hosting Barcelona in the Sud de France Arena for the Champions League, follow the live coverage.

14’51 : Montpellier 6 – 6 Barcelone

Hesham s’illustre de nouveau sur un tir surpuissant qui trompe une nouvelle fois Emil Nielsen. Il s’agit du troisième but ce soir pour le joueur egyptien du MHB.

10’23 : Montpellier 5 – 4 Barcelone

Le MHB pass epour la première fois en tête dans ce match grâce à Arthur Lenne ! Les Montpelliérains profitent parfaitement bien de leur supériorité numérique et la Sud de France Arena peut s’enflammer !

7’31 : Montpellier 3 – 4 Barcelone

Timothey N’Guessan écope des deux premières minutes sifflées dans ce match à l’encontre des visiteurs, et dans la foulée Valentin Porte ramène les siens à un but du Barça. Les Montpelliérains gardent le contact.

4’16 : Montpellier 1 – 2 Barcelone

Hesham scored the first goal of this match in favor of MHB after more than four minutes of play! However, it was the Catalans who had the better start in this match.

The meeting has started!

The match is starting here at the Sud de France Arena between Montpellier and Barcelona!

Entrée des équipes sur le terrain

In a setting reminiscent of major European events, both teams make their way onto the court at the Sud de France Arena. It is worth noting the special ovation given by the Montpellier crowd to Melvyn Richardson, a former player of the Hérault club who now plays for Barcelona.

13 Ligues des champions sur le parquet

The match between Montpellier and Barcelona is also a clash between two clubs that have won the most prestigious European competitions several times. However, not in the same proportions, as MHB has two Champions League titles (2003, 2018), compared to Barcelona’s eleven titles, making them the record holder in this competition.

Are our Montpellier players ready for the first European match of the season? ⚪️

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Three players missing on the Hérault side.

For this gala appointment, MHB will be without three injured players: Yanis Lenne, Diego Simonet, and Jaime Fernandez. Here is the selected group to face Barça: Bolzinger, Desbonnet, Martin, Karlsson, Villeminot, Pellas, Panic, Arthur Lenne, Skube, Konan, Monte, Porte (captain), Berthier, Nacinovic.

Un groupe très relevé

During the draw for the Champions League groups, MHB was placed in a highly competitive group. In addition to Barcelona, Patrice Canayer’s team will face Gog (DAN), Veszprem (HON), Plock (POL), Porto (POR), Celje (SLO), and the defending champion Magdeburg (GER). It is important to note that the top six teams from the group will qualify for the next stage of the competition.