Stéphane Eberlin (Caen BC coach): “We got the reaction that everyone expected. We placed emphasis on intensity, rhythm in attack and the desire not to let ourselves fall asleep. The hardest thing was to win a match (Friday), we did it. You had to dig deep within yourself, be courageous and we were. A week ago, everyone left us for dead.
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I’m very happy for the boys because we had a very mentally complicated three weeks. He was a big opponent from the first round of the playoffs. Le Havre was one of the big contenders for promotion at the start of the season. We fall in the quarter-final against Tours, another big piece.
The status of favorite is hard to assume. We saw that Quimper fell by the wayside by losing two matches in a row at home against Rueil. It’s a crazy thing.
In the weak moments (of this beauty), we had to be mentally strong. It was our aggressiveness that allowed us to bring back the positive. When we pushed offensively, we remained solid defensively. We responded to the fact that they played very small at one point. We have always found defensive solutions to thwart their offensive plans. Mentally, we were strong.
When we look at our last matches, we had difficulty moving the ball, either through impatience or a lack of aggression and rhythm. We had to fix, make this ball move. The ball moved really well today (Sunday), with less shooting success than Friday. We knew that with the energy spent on match 2, it could happen like that.
Marc-Eddy (Norelia) is in his fifth week off, there is perhaps a little hope of seeing him again during the semi-final. But first there is a quarter-final to go through. And we will need Rolandas (Jakstas) or even Alexis (Thomas) against Tours. »
