VOLLEYBALL – Elite: Beaten in Saint-Chamond, LAMVB is left behind in the ranking

Traveling to Saint-Chamond, Longueau Amiens Métropole Volley-Ball, which had the opportunity to revive in the event of a victory, lost in four sets (3-1, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-23) and thus loses ground on its maintenance competitors.

“It’s a big disappointment, both for the players and for myself”Ion Dobre. Which placed a lot of hope on this trip to Saint-Chamond. With this eleventh defeat of the seasonthe situation becomes even more complicated for Longueau Amiens Métropole Volley-Ball, left behind by its evening opponent, who is eight points behind Saint-Chamond, 9th with 9 pts, and Mauguio who has the same number of points. But the Franco-Romanian coach hangs on and remains hopeful:“As long as it is not mathematically done, we will fight to the end. We will have opportunities to come back, we will have to seize them, but it will be very difficult. Mauguio is also at nine points. »

Despite a good first set during which the LAMVB major six respected the game plan (22-25), the machine stalled, as too often this season, in the second which Saint-Chamond won 25-22 . “We play well, but we can't finish the sets. It's annoying, it hurts, for the players and for me. It’s the fourth time we’ve won the first set and then we come out of the match, we’re no longer focused and we lose the match.”analyzes the technician. The Saint-Chamonaise team finally won in four sets (3-1, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-23). The matches follow one another and are similar. In addition to these concerns in the money-time of the various lost rounds, Ion Dobre notes too many errors on the part of his players to hope to win the rounds where it does not matter much, referring in particular to the 31-29 face in Tremblay and at 26-24 in Sens. Without a real leader on the ground and without the possibility of injecting fresh bloodboth mentally and physically, due to the lack of depth in his squad, Ion Dobre is limited in his field of action.

Now, three weeks before the next match and the reception of Valenciennes at the Coliseum on Saturday January 10, 2025. A truce that Ion Dobre hopes will be beneficial for the entire squad. Which is currently showing a crisis of confidence.

César Willot
Photo credit: Théo Bégaler – Gazettesports.fr (archive)