Today’s opponents have just had a tough third day. Landerneau obtained a snatch victory against Chartres (76-73) in the last minutes. Basket Landes in Charnay suffered a bitter defeat (72-70) due to not being able to kill the match.
The Landernéennes therefore scored an additional and very valuable victory last Saturday against Chartres. But it was complicated! The fear was great, and the relief proportional. Coach Wani Muganguzi gives his feelings: “We scared ourselves by playing with fire. But we showed resilience by going for it with our guts and putting the ingredients together at the end of the match: defensively we were there, we took more offensive rebounds. We only conceded 13 points in the last quarter, and we scored 18 points on a second chance in the end. » Landerneau therefore knows how to finish his matches well, but you have to be able to avoid these failures much earlier. More intensity for more serenity.
“We will see very quickly if we have learned well”
Especially since it is a very strong game that the Landernéennes are attacking this week. Basket Landes is always a formidable opponent. But after the setback suffered at Charnay, the Landaises will be keen to make up for it at home. The Landernéennes will not be able to count on their hostesses to give them hope if their business goes badly.
But Wani Muganguzi believes that his team will be able to tackle the match: “We are preparing well, and we will see very quickly if we have learned from the last two matches against Montpellier and Chartres. They haven’t lost in their gym for over a year, and we know the atmosphere there. We will have to understand this context on the one hand, and contain their pace and their ability to project themselves forward. »
But for that it will be necessary to show more intensity and consistency to tackle the bloated squad of Basket Landes, who took the water in defense in the Euroleague against Salamanca (81-52) and will want to show a better face: “If we hang on to them properly in the first half, we can get by by managing the second half”summarizes the Landran technician who will be able to count on his entire workforce.
The group: Akhator, Baker, Dibanzuela, Evrard, Kane, Lezin, Stervinou, Tracy, Woolfolk.
