Barely time to celebrate the success achieved in Türkiye on Wednesday, or “more precisely to appreciate and savor”to repeat the words of Gilles Gosselin, that the Blues are already back to business as usual. Hoping that the trip to Ankara did not force the players to draw too much from reserves. “The night was short, we only slept five hours. With this extended match (almost three hours!)fortunately we were playing at 6 p.m. »joked the general manager. “It’s a victory that we must capitalize on!” All together, we were able to progress, reach new levels, be strong emotionally, collectively, tactically”. The Nazairians took advantage of Thursday to recover well (rest in the morning, treatment in the afternoon), followed by a weight training session for the substitutes and a lighter recovery session for the starters.
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Friday was devoted to the return trip, Ankara – Istanbul then Istanbul – Marseille by plane, and finally Marseille – Montpellier by road, with takeoff from Turkey at 11 a.m. and arrival in Occitania around 7:30 p.m. The SNVBA Volleyball players will therefore return this evening (6 p.m.) to a competition which has so far been moderately successful for them (three victories and four defeats). But after the exceptional performance delivered in the Champions League on Wednesday, the Nazairian collective has perhaps just lit the spark that was missing so that the fire ignites this team with undeniable potential. “Once again, we will have to capitalize on the content”continued Gilles Gosselin. “Obviously, if the goal is a victory against Sète, that will be perfect, but as I have already pointed out before, we are still in the construction phase, so everything in its time. » The men led by Luc Marquet, who have an inversely proportional record of four victories and three defeats, are ahead of their evening opponent by two points and two places in the standings (seventh). For the record, the emblematic Sète hall at Barrou has just been destroyed before reconstruction, it is in Montpellier that the Nazairiens will face the Occitans this evening.
Sète – Saint-Nazaire, this evening (6 p.m.), Chaban Delmas room .
Sete : 1. M. Gauna, 2. R. Capet, 3. D. Hrytsenko, 8. H. De Leon, 9. E. Lopez (libero), 10. J. Cardin, 11. P. Rajoharivelo, 12. A . Jeppesen, 14. T. Schlienger, 16. D. Gyimah, 19. T. Rippert, 20. M. Martino Gauchi, 23. Elser Jesse. Coach: Luc Marquet.
Saint-Nazaire : 1. J. Ewert, 2. T. Hallé, 3. N. Burel, 5. L. Van Der Ent, 6. H. Léon, 8. R. Valefuaniu, 10. L. Varier, 12. L. Martins , 13. F. Ivanov, 14. R. Deveze (libero), 15. A. Taramini, 17. J. Canham. Coach : Fulvio Bertini.
Referees : MM. Gadenne and Winemaker.
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