Lthe roller coaster. Wednesday evening, Basket Landes knew everything against Brno. Confidence then doubts. The head upside down then high. A breathless chase behind the Czech hare, then an excitement almost without pressure in the last straight line. The satisfaction of a completed contract, taxed at 76-60, then waiting for other results to validate all these efforts. Before the final issuance brought by the victory of Bourges to Salamanca (51-62).
Going up the thread of his memory, the smile of Myriam Djekoundade widens, his gaze sparkles. “As soon as the match is ended, after taking advantage of the public, we started to get the phones out. There was always one that dragged to give us the evolution of the score while we were taking the shower. We learned that it was good just before going to meet the partners at the post-match reception. It was crazy! We exploded with joy, we shouted, we sang, “says the 27 -year -old wing. Who assures him: “During the match, I was totally detached from the stake, really, because we first had this match to play. »»
“We have always believed it”
Here is Basket Landes at the top of the European basket. Who would have believed it, after a complicated start to the year, these four losses of rank all competitions? “The answer is us! We have always believed it, we never doubted in our abilities. We wanted to be respected on a European scale, after all that has been built in recent years. We wanted to be worthy of this heritage, insists the ex-world champion 3×3. In EurOGUE, we were not given anything, we were everything to look for ourselves, even against a team (BRNO) who had nothing to play but who still came with the fangs. »»
Basket Landes therefore avoided this risk of losing everything, and ultimately (almost) validate everything: Europe, Coupe de France. And now, championship, with a position in the top 6 of the ranking, the main objective of the club, to secure as quickly as possible. And it starts this Saturday (8 pm), facing a big piece of the championship, Charnay, third in the ranking and not clumsy outside: his success after extension in Montpellier on January 5 (83-86) testifies to this.
-“Our defect: inconstancy”
Olivier Constant, Julie Barennes's assistant, admits: “We are still in the running on the three paintings, it's great! Even if it is not a total surprise, it is a performance every time. You have to appreciate it all. But it is not easy to maintain a high level of engagement, it requires concentration, mutual aid to pull up up. “Myriam Djekoundade also reminds us:” Our biggest defect is our inconstancy, we have still shown it against Brno. It went because we knew how to react. But it won't pass every time … “
Faced with the Burgundians and their “well -oiled collective, where each has a very specific role”, the Landes will have to start by avoiding knowing too big air holes to hope to stop the machine, greatly fed by Chakila Thomas and Monique Akoa Makani, “Who bring a lot of creation and discrepancies,” according to Olivier Constant. Without forgetting Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi (and sister of Captain Landaise Clarince; 15 points and 11 rebounds for 21 evaluation during the defeat against Chartres during the previous day). A fight to be expected, in line with the European games that Basket Landes has gained the right to extend. By avoiding leaving for a russian mountain tour, it would be perfect.
