It was barely 8 p.m. when La Romagna took their first point, synonymous with maintaining. It is the work of Xu Yingbin, the wild symbol of this complicated season. Pro A has become a basket of crabs which forced the Stellists to deny their tradition by abusing, and rightly so given the result, the back and forth of their nugget. The Chinese suffered, saving set points in the first and third sets, to win against Noshad Alamiyan. A very catchy and motivated Iranian under the eyes of his brother, once again condemned to the Mauges bench. Facing the formidable defender Artur Abusev, Léo De Nodrest did not repeat his good performance from Wednesday. For his last match in the La Romagna arena, he will have snatched a small set, at the end of a season that he will quickly want to forget. This should be done across the Rhine. Perfect since his placement in 3rd position, Tianyuan Chen did the job against the young Jules Rolland. We then moved on to the podium match, because yes this championship is crazy. Without really trembling, and for his last match under the Stellistes colors, Xu Yingbin dominated Vincent Picard to provide the victory point. With this 3-1, La Romagna settles on the podium before going to challenge Caen on Sunday at the end of a season full of emotions.
“We will do everything to keep this 3e place “
It’s not Fabrice Coutolleau, stressed before the match and relieved, who will say the opposite: “Yingbin was great, he was the strongest this season. Leo was in difficulty against a big defender, and what can we say about Master Chen! It’s nice, we’re going to do everything we can to keep this 3rd place. » A page turns with the departures of De Nodrest and Diaw, Alamian will seek naturalization, Xu would like to return, but Guy Soulard, the co-president, announces the arrival of Wang Yang.
The sheet
1-0: Xu – Alamiyan 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 12-10), 1-1: De Nodrest – Abusev 1-3 (8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 5-11), 2-1: Chen – Rolland 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5), 3-1: Xu – Picard (11-5, 11-8, 11-5)
