Wednesday April 17, the GFCA faced AS Cannes in Ajaccio for the final first leg of the League B play-offs. At the end of a very competitive game, the Ajaccians lost 3 sets to 1. They will have to win Sunday April 21 at 5 p.m. to hope to move up to League A.
Cannes, with a formidable squad and a colossal budget at this level, is the ogre of the French League B championship.
But the GFCA was determined not to let it count, last night at the Palatinu. In front of their supporters, more than 2,000 white-hot people, the Ajaccians demonstrated as much talent as tenacity, and delivered a top-notch performance.
If the GFCA lost 3 sets to 1, the game was fiercely contested, which put the nerves of the people of Cannes to the test. After winning the second set (27-25) at the end of a spectacular final rush, Frédéric Ferrandez’s players and their public believed in it, but Cannes proved that he had the experience and sufficient control not to let such an important match slip away.
“We have a lot of regrets, we played a good game, we managed to hang on for almost three sets… We had a few moments of difficulty, but nothing is lost, we still have a match to go “outside next Sunday we’re going to go there to hit them, to beat them.” assured Antoine Carreno at the end of the match.
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