Eight days apart, Quimper recorded two diametrically opposed home results, a 0-3 defeat against Chamalières and a victory by the opposite score 3-0 against Marcq-en-Barœul.
“I don’t really see any explanation for this inconsistency,” François-Xavier Garnon, the Cornish coach, evaded Saturday evening, perhaps in the interest of protecting his group.
From 16 to 67% in reception for Joffrin
The statistics for these two matches, however, reveal an insufficient good reception rate at only 16% for Alexia Joffrin, the libero of QV29, in a bad evening against the Auvergnates (41% for the entire team) and above standards (67%) for the same player, elected MVP against Marcq.
With this quality of reception, Pauline Martin could call on her central players and stand out her attackers, who were therefore necessarily more efficient.
The Cornish women barely have time to savor this success when the last trip of the year is already looming, which is also the first of the return group.
Mulhouse fatigue?
It is in Alsace that they will seek, this Wednesday evening, to play spoilsport against the Mulhousiennes, second in the standings but not invincible at home, as demonstrated by the teams from Vandoeuvre and… Marcq-en-Barœul, victorious in three sets.
So, if Quimper presents itself armed with the same intentions, it is not forbidden to dream of a possible exploit, Mulhouse being able to feel the fatigue of a busy schedule, between its European campaign which ended last week with a defeat in five sets against the Turkish club Aksaray and his trip the previous weekend to Cannet, where he again played five sets (3-2 victory).
