Beaten 60 to 56 on their parquet after having led for more than 35 minutes, the Tarbaises are not shot but determined to take their revenge on Sunday to compete in their final.
Beaten but not slaughtered, the Tarbaises. Despite their four-point defeat against Charleville-Mézières, during the semi-final to go, Wednesday evening at the Adour quay, the Violets remained determined and confident in their quest for a final. This despite having counted fourteen points ahead. “It is annoying to finish thus, admitted Captain Camille Droguet. We are doing a great first half. We are in the nails, especially defensively. But in the second, we lose a little juice. They are better resolved in attack. We run less and the trend is reversed. We missed a little gnaque in the important moments. But we will go there.
Same analysis and same confidence for the return match on Sunday in the Ardennes, for the president of the TGB Jeannie Cointre: “Tonight, we left easy baskets, throws. We have a relatively low percentage, with Nancy (Fora) which returns from injury, MJ (Musa) in the hard. In 2nd half, we got out of the game. You have to work on these details, on the mind, how we keep this serenity. And to embrace: “But I am not more worried than that. All the season we were in difficulty, in adversity. This is where the big teams are born. We had already lost against Bourges, we are able to win from five points there. Where we come back. We were the little thumbs all the season. We remain the outsiders. Everyone saw Bourges. The job there.
