the essential
Last match without stakes for the CMVB girls who will end their season in 6th place. But they intend to finish on a good note, this Sunday at Lattes Asptt Montpellier, bottom of the group.
No pressure does not mean no motivation. A year after saving their skin in Nationale 2 during the very last day in Béziers, the Hornets will return to Hérault this Sunday, at 2:30 p.m., with more peace of mind. Having been in possession for more than a month already, the CMVB girls are even already assured of finishing their second season at the highest amateur level in 6th place. This is two places better than during their first year and a historic result for this group which continues its rise.
With a little more diligence in training, Laura Wierre’s partners even had the potential to shake up the hierarchy a little more and interfere in the first half of this particularly tough group with three professional reserves and the untouchables from Monaco who will finish this season undefeated. But now is not the time for regrets for Stéphane Cabrol’s protégés. It is above all a question of ending this exercise on a good note by going to win Lattes a final victory.
Ride the rollercoaster
Faced with the bottom of this Group A which has only won three matches this season (against Hyères, Gignac and Istres), the Hornets therefore want to finish in style. To do this, they will need to return to a victory that has eluded them since mid-March (against L’Union) to climb into the big eight, three successes better than last season. This is the last challenge for the girls of the Peralta-Maury-Boëm trio who should be able to count on a complete team to take on the final challenge of a trying season. But be careful, although already condemned to relegation to N3 for a long time, the Hérault team is not freewheeling yet. His last victory against Istres (3-1) in mid-April is proof of this. The girls of Lattes will want to go out the front door and treat themselves to one last little treat. The Hornets have been warned. Despite the victory (3-1) in the first leg, the task looks complicated against the Montpellier suburbs who have put up resistance throughout the season with a lot of courage.
While the leaders are working behind the scenes to strengthen this team in order to further raise their ambitions next season, the Hornets have one last effort to make before parting ways. The opportunity also to have fun and find a smile again for a group worn out both physically and mentally in this money-time of a season which has not been a long, quiet river. The 6th place in the end is even more valuable, even if the CMVB girls were better.
