Quimper Volley will put aside its setbacks in the championship for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France which will pit it against Chamalières this Tuesday evening. The two teams have already met this season, already in South Finistère. It was for the championship and the local players suffered a crushing defeat (0-3). In the different context of the Coupe de France, their reunion will not take the place of a rematch. A qualification would nevertheless be doubly appreciated in the sense that it would erase the psychological ascendancy taken by the Auvergnates before the return match of the championship scheduled for mid-February.
Able to play on both sides?
It remains to be seen how the Cornish club approaches the event. Is the Coupe de France considered as an objective in its own right in the same way as the championship? With a squad reduced to ten professional players following the return to the country of the Costa Rican Pacheco, is the QV29 able to take two irons to the fire without risking losing everything? A few days before the reception of Cannet, the technical staff cannot help but ask themselves the question.
It will therefore be a question of establishing Godey, Autère and Nova, little used since the start of the season, and why not giving a chance to the young shoots of the training center, which would make it possible to spare senior players and involve everyone troops in anticipation of future games. This provision would fatally limit Quimper’s chances in this competition, but would preserve them in the championship. Moreover, but to a lesser degree because it is far from the relegation zone, Chamalières may find itself confronted with the same problem. The coaching of the two teams would then become a determining parameter of the evening’s result. Response this Tuesday evening, in Ergué-Armel.
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