The new year is off to a great start for the Béglaises, driven by an obvious desire to take advantage of the Rennes reception to move forward after the break. Before the start of the match, in a packed room, a moving tribute was paid to Jean-Pierre Abribat Honorary President of the Béglais club which recently passed away.
The locals attacked the match head to head under the leadership of Navarro-Cano (8-3, 10th), but a few rough passes allowed the Bretons to come back to within two lengths (10-8, 20th) then to equalize (10- 10, 25th).
“Expressing ourselves offensively”
It was with two units in advance that the Cabistes reached the break (14-12). Returning from the locker room Brouillet accentuated the advantage of the Béglaises (18-15.38th) then (20-16.40th), but this was without counting on the self-sacrifice of the visitors who again closed to two units (25- 23, 52e). At the start of the money-time Virginius, then Lasserre gave a final boost which allowed the Damier girls to win (30-25).
A result which satisfied Peio Bordagaray, coach Béglais “We scored 30 goals, it was a challenge for us to be able to express ourselves on the offensive level. Rennes is a team that is comfortable when the pace is slow, we wanted to take them into a rather rhythmic match knowing that we risked exposing ourselves to losing balls. But it is above all on an accounting level that this success against a direct competitor for maintenance is very important. »
Bègles 30 – Saint-Grégoire Rennes 25
Lieu Duhourquet room in Bègles Spectators 550 Referees MM Couret and Chastanet.
BÈGLES
Babysitters Deschamps (55 min, 10 stops), Le Cloarec (5 min, 0 stops).
Markers Navarro-Cano (8/12 including 2 Pen), Brouillet (6/11), Virginius (5/5), Nicolas (3/7), Lasserre (3/3), Dreyer (2/3), Boulesque (1 /1), Hernandez (1/1), Gerbelot (1/4), Dazet (0/4).
Temporary exclusions Nicolas (39th), Seddiki (58th).
SAINT-GRÉGOIRE-RENNES
Babysitters Vukovac (45 min, 11 stops), Karic (15 min, 2 stops).
Markers Honoré (6/6), Dumoulin (5/6), Guillevic (4/5), Despiau (4/9), Fontaine (2/3),. Pakel (2/4), Ait Mouhou (1/1), Cauly (1/5), Trifunovic (0/1), Kergrohen (0/1).
Temporary exclusions Despiau (8e), Fontaine (31e) et (54e), Guillevic (35e).
