Victorious in match 5 on the Tourcoing field, the Alterna Stadium Poitevin Volley-Ball found the mental resources to win at Tie-Break. A feat for Poitevins who did not go favorites against the third of the regular season. But the Alterna SPVB does not intend to stop there and now targets another feat.
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This is the surprise of these Marmara Spikeligue play-offs. In the quarter-finals, the Alterna Stade Poitevin Volley-Ball went to win the Tourcoing field after a very disputed match 5. Sixths of regular season, the Poitevins had a lot to face the recent winner of the French Cup and seeded number 3 in the championship. But after two defeats in northern land and two home victories, in Lawson-Body, the Alterna SPVB succeeded in eliminating Tourcoing on its land. A historical success for the Poitevin stadium which rose to the semi-finals of Marmara Spikeligue, for the first since 2012.
Before the match, the Canadian coach of the Alterna SPVB, Dan Lewis, had warned his players: “I think that this evening, it is not necessarily the statistics and the physique that will win. I think it will be played in the head.“A message heard by the players of the Alterna Stade Poitevin. In a very disputed match, the latter finally managed to win in Tie-Break, 10 to 15.
“It was not easy, a match 5 is never. There were ups and downs, a lot of mistakes“, concedes Thibault Thoral after the match at the microphone of BeIN Sports. If the Alterna Stade Poitevin was carried by his young Slovenian of 20 years, Nik Mujanovic, MVP of the meeting with 34 points, it is mentally that Poitiers found the resources to win according to Thibault Thoral.”I had the fangs, like the whole team that played super well. We did not drop anything, and we increased the level of play until the end“, He traces.
For the manager of the Alterna Stade Poitevin, Cédric Enard, this qualification is “Magnificent“.
“We come back from I don’t know where, it’s true that this series was complicatedhe explains to Bein Sports. Ce 5e Match is not the most beautiful in the series, but we are satisfied very well. It is an immense happiness, almost indescribable.“
Because thanks to this victory, Poitiers, far from being a favorite, will be able to find the semi-finals of the play-offs. A first since 2012. “I can’t wait to be there. People have been waiting for this for so many years, it’s going to be beautiful at home“, already languished Cédric Enard at the end of the game.
But before a great home party, you will have to travel to the Chaumont field. A new major challenge for the Alterna SPVB, facing the seeded number 2. “We are in the shoes of the Outsider. Going to play in Chaumont is always very complicated, it’s a great teamrecalls the manager Poitevin. They won in three games so they will be fresh. But we have a light heart, we will be very ambitious and humble.”
For his part, Thibault Thoral also promises a flawless commitment so that the great adventure continues. “”It’s still going to be a big match waiting for us, but we are hungry and we don’t want to stop there. We’re going to go get them. We’re going to go there and give everything so as not to have any regrets“Ensures the player of the Alterna SPVB. Although they do not leave favorites, the Poitevins hope to succeed in the same feat as in 2012, where they had reached the final. But that year, the Poitevin stadium, second regular season, was in a favorite position. In Chaumont, the march to climb will be much greater.
