The Junivillois were however keen to make up for it, after the initial disappointment against Hauts-de-France. But, this Tuesday, October 15, 2024, on the tatami of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Boisthere was no match for the 2nd day of the Pro League. The French vice-champions made the powder and their experience speak for themselves. It’s a major defeat for the franchise coached by Adrien Guilloux (6-3).
A fatal series of six fights without victory
Unlike last week when the judokas from the Grand Est took the lead, this time it was not the case with a defeat by ippon of Mélanie Clément against Madeleine Rougier in less than 52 kilos. If Jules Cymbert equalized by beating Vincent Limare (–66kg), six matches without victories followed (5 defeats, one draw).
The score was then 6-1 and hopes of victory had already vanished. This, despite the stated ambitions of the “last four”. The Little Thumb of the competition, Juniville-Marnaval, raised its head at the end of the match thanks to the victories of Marine Erb (+70kg) and Emilien Vignon (+90kg) on ippon.
Enough to simply reduce the gap between the two teams, but not enough to hope for a turnaround. The Génovéfains, already winners of Normandie Judo at the opening of the Pro League (6-3), win again and assume their status as vice-champions of France.
Juniville-Marnaval now has almost no room for error
This new defeat puts the judokas of the Grand Est in a very delicate situation. Indeed, with two defeats on the clockthey appear in the last positions of the ranking. Worse, while Adrien Guilloux wanted at least “the score to be as close as possible”, like last week where the Junivillo-Marnavalaise franchise scored more points than Hauts-de-France despite the defeat , this time she fell from a height. She has conceded 52 pointsagainst only 20 scored.
We will therefore have to raise our heads during the last two days, but heavy things await Juniville-Marnaval Grand Est with the reception in Rethel of Flam 91 then that of Nicein conclusion. The hoped-for integrations of Andy Granda, Téo Lherbier or Axel Clerget can give some reason for hope.
