Tours Volley-Ball : 1
Mladost Zagreb: 0
The sets: 25-17.
This live broadcast is hosted by journalists from the La Nouvelle République sports department.
Second set
5-2. It’s the turn of Touraine captain Zeljko Coric to go with his ace! But Jovovic returns the favor, just after launching a winning attack (5-4). He is the one who carries his team at the start of the round.
3-0. Ryan Sclater masterfully concludes a very good rally. The TVB attacks this second set hard.
Alexandre Strehlau from Tours until 2027
Aspiring pro until then, Alexandre Strehlau signed a new contract with TVB, but this time as a professional, for two seasons. The young French receiver-attacker is therefore linked with the club until 2027.Descriptive text
Premier set
25-17. Point and set for TVB, who wins the round on this block from Sclater. Two points already for the Canadian point guard.
23-16. The Croatian Jovovic puts an end to the Touraine series, while the TVB has just scored six points!
22-15. But he is incredible! Third ace (already!) for Antoine Pothron! The TVB flies away as local sharp Sclater comes in to replace Egleskalns.
19-15. New ace from Pothron and new Croatian timeout! The Touraine receiver-attacker made a very good start to the match.
15-12. The block!! The Tourangeaux are three steps ahead of this block of Coric and Aracaju. Which is not to the liking of the Croatian coach, Radovan Gacic, who takes a time out.
9-7. Big defense from Ramon followed by a powerful attack from Aracaju! Unfortunately, the center then serves out of bounds (9-8).
3-2. ACEEE by Antoine Pothron! It starts strong in the service, a sector which will be decisive this evening, and the TVB takes the lead.
Pre-match
19 h 50. This match will have a special taste for Hermans Egleskalns. The Latvian sharp, who arrived in disaster at the beginning of September after Ryan Sclater’s injury, will probably experience his last match at Grenon. “It’s no secret, I came here to replace Ryan (Sclater) while he was injured, recalls the pointy. Now he’s back in shape. The club does not have many reasons to keep three points (with Julien Faganas in addition to Sclater and him). It’s going to be a little sad to leave, but that’s life. »
Ryan Sclater, who returned to the field on November 9 against Narbonne, is indeed returning to form, gaining strength week after week, even if he is obviously not yet at 100%.
19 h 45. Zareb, let’s talk about it! The club from the Croatian capital is currently at the top of its national championship, with nine victories in… nine matches! “This is the kind of team that is not difficult to read, but very difficult to contain, estimated Thomas Royer, one of the Touraine coach’s assistants, before the first leg. It’s a physically impactful team, it crushes everyone in the championship. »
A team which also relies on a high quality of service. “There, when they started to serve hard, we had difficulty maintaining our level of play, recalls Hermans Egleskalns, the sharp man from Tours. They will want to put pressure on us to serve, we will have to be attentive. »
Another characteristic, Zagreb has a very young squad, with an average age of 21 years. So, even if they don’t come to Tours beaten in advance (“we are going to try to sell our skin dearly”), the Croats want above all to embrace this great European experience and learn as many lessons from it as possible. “All these players want to grow, to develop, to show themselves on the European market, explains their coach, Radovan Gacic. But it also allows them to take the pulse of international Volleyball, because for many of them, it is the first time that they play in the European Cup, that they play outside their country. We prepare them for the future. »
19 h 40. The TVB can rely on its current solidity, which has a string of successes in the championship. This weekend, au Plessis-Robinson (0-3)he thus won his fifth consecutive victory. Proof of a rediscovered confidence and above all a gaming identity.
However, the TVB wants to avoid the pitfall of already seeing itself in the next round and underestimating the Croats. “I watched the first leg again. And this is a team that can really be super aggressive on serve. I’m going to emphasize this point in the video, we’re going to prepare things for training, said Marcelo Fronckowiak before meeting up with his group yesterday afternoon. The responsibility already fell on us before the first leg, it falls on us even more today. »
19 h 35. Three matches, three victories: so far, everything is going well for Tours VB in the CEV Cup. After dominating the Swiss from Schönenwerd in the round of 16 (2-3 in Switzerland then 3-1 in Grenon), the Tourangeaux already have one foot in the quarter-final play-offs after their success (1-3) in Croatia , December 5.
A victory that was certainly sluggish but which allows them to approach this return match in a favorable position, since they “only” need two sets to continue their European adventure. “If it’s with a victory, so much the better; if it is with only two sets, we also take, explains Marcelo Fronckowiak, the Touraine coach. What you need to do is qualify. »
19 h 33. Why keep it simple when you can make it complicated? Volleyball loves convoluted formulas and the CEV Cup is no exception to the rule! Consequently, victory in the round of 16 is not synonymous with direct qualification for the quarter-finals… but for the quarter-final play-offs. Here is the explanation of this subtlety.
Why will the winners of the round of 16 not qualify for the quarterfinals?
- The eight winners of this round will qualify for the play-offs played in January and which will give four tickets for the quarter-finals, scheduled for February.
- The other four quarter-finalists will be none other than the 2e3e4e et 5e best thirds in the Champions League.
- In the event of qualification this evening, Tours VB would therefore face the winner of Amriswil-Nicosia in the play-offs (the Swiss having won in Cyprus in the first leg, 2-3).
- Then, in the event of further qualification, he would play in the quarter-finals against the 4e best third in the Champions League.
19 h 30. Good evening and welcome to this live!
Ah, this famous period of mid-December, with its streets lit up for the holidays, its rush to the shops for last minute gifts, its increasingly bitter cold… and its European Tours Volleyball match. Ball!
Because on this Wednesday, December 18, TVB hosts Zagreb for the second leg of the round of 16 of the CEV Cup. And if it’s a little cool outside, the public intends to set Grenon on fire! So, who, Tours or Zagreb, will go to the quarter-final play-offs? Response from 8 p.m.!
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