A victory, and a message. The one that Tours VB has lost none of its dangerousness. By outclassing Chaumont this Saturday at Grenon (3-1), the Tourangeaux won their first success of the season against a team in the current top 6, which they will have a good chance of returning to at the end of the season, when the decisive deadlines will be arrivals.
So, this success, precious in the result, strong in the manner, reinforced a little more the confidence acquired over the weeks and placed Marcelo Fronckowiak’s players in an ideal state of mind as they prepare to go to Amriswil. (Switzerland), Wednesday, in the CEV Cup.
“We didn’t yet have a victory against the teams who are currently ahead of us in the standings. This is the firstrecalls the Touraine coach. However, it is always important to show your teeth against direct opponents, who we will find again in the rest of the championship. We know that Tours and Chaumont will always be two candidates for something, that they will be present in the play-offs. We are used to meeting Chaumontais in moments of decision. »
Last two sets particularly well approached
So, succeeding in winning against Silvano Prandi’s CVB, but above all doing so by clearly dominating the third and fourth sets, is not trivial and should reassure the Tourangeaux in their certainties, even though they had to compose without Leandro Aracaju and do without Roland Gergye – hit in the head – from the start of the third round.
“We miss little things at the start of the match, counter-attacks, then we lose this second setexplain Marcelo Fronckowiak. But the way we started the third and fourth showed that we were not going to give up, that we were not going to allow Chaumont to breathe again. »
The requirement even in victory
Aware of going in the right direction for a while, the TVB definitely does not want to rest on its achievements and is demanding, even in victory, like Zeljko Coric, for whom this solid success should not overshadow the few errors made by his team on Saturday.
“We’re in fourth place, that’s good, but we still need to improve areas of play if we want to go farpoints out the Touraine captain. You have to remain vigilant throughout the match. At the start of the game, it wasn’t like that. I don’t know if we had too much desire, or pressure, but something was happening that needed to change, because it could have cost us dearly. But we reversed the trend, because we have the capacity to rebuild the game. And we must underline our solidity at the end of the set, where we managed well, except in the second. »
Never satisfied, the captain nevertheless measures the importance of having brought down the Chaumontais and of having come closer to the MSL podium. “Every victory is important, but when you play against a competitor like Chaumont, it obviously weighs a little moreconcedes the Serbian passer, author of an excellent performance in reading the game. Because it’s a team that we will inevitably see again when we reach the end of the season. So it increases the confidence of winning against them. It’s good for collecting points, but we’re not satisfied with that. » The message got through.
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