After the derby won against Andernos, Arcachon-La Teste asserts himself as the leader of his hen

SAmedi April 12, the Arcachon-La Teste Handball Club (AlthBC) received on behalf of the 19^e day of the National Championship 3 The Andernos club, for a derby whose issues were very different for the two clubs. The Althbc, leader of the hen, aims for the climb, whilerenos plays its maintenance.

In this very committed derby, the Andernosians will mark the first. It will take five minutes before the AlthBC equalizes. The locals fail to be or frame their shots, but they can count on an impressive Yohann Dejean in the cages which will also, like the second goalkeeper Baptiste Guiraut, a large part. The two teams are elbow in the first quarter of an hour before the premises stand out. They even lead seven goals five minutes from the end of the first period (18-11). Finally, half-time is whistled on the 20 to 14 score.

“A collective victory”

As often after returning from the locker room, ATLTHBC players find it difficult to get back into the game and Andernos took the opportunity to return to two goals (20-18).

However, the locals will tighten their defense and develop a game placed in very effective attack, even leading six goals to ten minutes from the term. The match will then harden from the Andernosiens who do not find solutions. The AlthBC manages to control the match and keeps its lucidity until the end to finish on the score of 34 to 31.

“We made a very big first half, very successful. The second was more complicated ”

The 400 spectators undoubtedly attended one of the most accomplished matches in the ALTHBC. This is what confirmed at the end of the match the coach Grégory Cardau: “We made a very big first half, very successful. The second was more complicated. It is more than an accounting victory, it is a collective victory. Indeed, the players produced quality handball, an applied and collective game the whole meeting with a very good performance of the two Yoan Specia and Elliot Artigues pivots. We can just regret the defensive weaknesses on the wings. This is what statistics show. If the althbc has the first attack, it has only 6^e Defense of the hen.

Inevitably disappointed, Jean-Sébastien Perez, the coach of Andernos, was drawing a lucid assessment of the match: “They were more stable than us at the start of the game. And the inevitable we missed. We played alternately. We did not take advantage of their weak times. There are only three games left in Andernos to ensure the maintenance. They are 8^e, With 36 points, just one point from the relegation first.

Good operation

Regarding the only three teams likely to climb, it is the AlthBC which does the right operation of the evening, since at the same time, the second, Tournefeuille, lost at home and the Third Girondins were clearly beaten outside. The AlthBC is three points ahead of Tournefeuille and five on the Girondins. On the next day, the Althc will move to the Girondins for a capital match.