The date of January 12 is marked with a red cross in the women's ASVEL calendar. That day, the women's basketball club will play its first match in its new hall. After the Mado Bonnet gymnasium, the Lionesses will now play at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in the 7th. With a capacity of 3,000 seats, double the room in the 8th arrondissement.
This Thursday, the ASVEL women's players carried out their first training of the year at the Palais des Sports in Gerland. “It feels brand new. The parquet floor is very beautiful, very professional, very smooth. We still need to redo the hoops but the first steps are pretty good“, confides Dominique Malonga. The young Lyon player playing as a pivot also did not fail to highlight “a very good team spirit“at the start of 2025 with”full of goals“.
The feeling is the same for Soana Lucet, strong winger for women's ASVEL. “It's up to us to perform and show that we are a great team. It's a beautiful room. It's impressive because it resonates everywhere. In any case, we hope to achieve great feats and do even better than the start of the season.“, she explains, adding that she wants to continue with the identity of the club. “That is to say being a young team, which has enthusiasm, which runs and which fights. Let people come here and see that we give everything for the jersey.“
However, there is no question of focusing solely on the January 12 deadline against Villeneuve-d'Ascq. “It's one match after another“, assures Dominque Malonga, referring to this weekend's trip to the Roche Vendée court (Sunday January 5 at 3:30 p.m.). “We have to win there before planning on the 12th even if we know that it will be an event to play at the Palais.“
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