At the end of an epic support match in Castelnau-le-Lez, the MHSC VB saw its season end without the slightest title won.
“Hard”, “terrible”, “too bad” … Two hours after the end of the match against Tours lost in Tie-Break on Monday, the words did not lack to describe the immense disappointment. The MHSC VB passed so close to a qualification in the final of the French championship, a second after the title in 2022.
Already on the start to other skies, the pointed Bulgarian Dimitar Dimitrov was going around his teammates. He hugged his captain Ezequiel Palacios to say goodbye and thank you.
The Argentinian wore his two -year -old daughter in her arms and confided his sadness mixed with pride: “It’s hard … We lost a match in which we played well, he was blowing. I’m happy because we have given everything, I have no regrets. I am very proud of my friends, of the season we have done. It’s hard to lose like that, 15-13 in Tie-Break. The little details have made the difference, that’s how it is … Some attacks, a few services … We know that sport is like that. I have to congratulate Tours, it was a series of three extraordinary games. We played 10 sets in four days. It’s a shame to end the season like that. “
“We fought, we gave everything”
Not concerned this summer by the Argentina national team with which he decided to take a break, the receptionist-attacker of the MHSC was already turning to the future before enjoying his family for a few weeks of vacation: “I’m sad, I’m going to be for some time but it’s sport, it’s life, let go of the South American. Arriving to the final was everyone’s dream. We fought, all given … We can be happy with our season, it will be useful for the future. We must use it and continue. “
In the VIP salons of the Sports Palace Jacques Chaban-Delmas of Castelnau-le-Lez, the Montpellier coach Loic Le Marrec was still groggy. With longtime friends, he remained the world, a beer in his hand, but his smiles were only from Facade: “It’s terrible, there is only sport that provides this kind of gap of emotions. You have made a big match, at the moment T you only retain defeat, elimination and the fact of having passed close to the qualification. I really have the feeling of having been put KO, I feel like I had a Uppercut, I have been on the ground for two hours and I can’t get up.”
“There are regrets”
Still hot, the technician puts forward a start of explanation: “We lacked lucidity. We played five sets, it is played on four or five actions in the fourth and the fifth set. We stayed in a diagram we know and that the opponent knows too. On a daily basis with guys, we built something … There are regrets. We had opportunities but we did not manage to finish.”
Even if he was too early to project himself, Loic Le Marrec already believed that this season will be used for the club: “We finished first in the championship, we made two cup finals, we had a title in 2022 … Montpellier is at the top of the basket. We will have to quickly win because it registers the players who then arrive in a certain requirement and it positions a club.”
Win, the MHSC VB will not have done it this season. He was not far but he will have to measure the path that separates him from a new major title to no longer live this kind of difficult moments.
