Poitiers wins brilliantly in Tours

This live broadcast is hosted by journalists from the sports department of La Nouvelle République d'Indre-et-Loire.

Tours : 1
Poitiers : 3

Fourth set: 22-25

22-25. A final attack too long from Antoine Pothron, and here is the victory validated for Poitiers! A logical result as the Vienne club was on top during this match, with an excellent Earvin Ngapeth but above all the entire collective which shone. ?

22-24. Two match points saved by TVB, including this ace from Leandro Aracaju, but it still feels like the end…

18-22. The TVB is no longer there, like this failed reception from Gergye which allows Byam to smash the ball directly into the Touraine camp.

17-19. And who is there to stop Poitiers from shaking? Earvin Ngapeth obviously, who sends a missile to the service to make an ace!

16-16. TVB is back on track! Pothron attacks hard in the hands of the Poitevin block and the ball falls just outside the field.

10-12. Roland Gergye sends the ball into the hands of Christopher Byam, and it goes out. Tours offers itself a little respite.

6-10. It's Maxime Roatta's turn to try his hand at it, almost everything was successful in Poitevins!

5-8. It’s even three aces in a row for the German! They are followed by a direct attack from Ngapeth, and Poitiers again takes a good lead.

5-5. And Poitiers will not be left behind for long. Tim Peter's serve hits the back line.

5-3. This time, it is TVB which starts the round in the lead. But the Tourangeaux have a hard time getting the ball to fall into the Poitevin camp, they have to fight hard each time to score a point.

Third set: 20-25

20-25. Poitiers takes the lead! The Touraine block returns the ball a little too far. It's deserved as the Alterna dominated this round, with great technical mastery.

20-24. The TVB tears itself away from the image of this ball that Strehlau went to get next to the advertising boards, to allow Pothron to score the point. But there are four set points left for Poitiers.

17-22. ?An attack from Strehlau and a Poitevin foul had created the beginnings of hope for Tours, but the same Strehlau then served out.

13-20. Poitiers continues to increase its lead, remaining as clean as ever. This time, the Vienne players made Tours crack at the end of a long rally, Pothron being a little too tight on the receiving end of an attack from Peter. In the process, Strehlau sends an attack well outside the limits of the field.

10-14. It's not bad in the block either, this time with Ngapeth shining again.

9-11. The Poitevins are surgical in attack, like this banderilla planted on the ground by Tim Peter, who had jumped very high!

3-5. Pothron is blocked by Howe which therefore allows Poitiers to make the first small break of this set.

0-1. Howe with a clever little touch lobbed the Touraine block and Poitiers started this third round in front.

Second set: 23-25

23-25. And the answer is no, this time, no return from Tours! Ngapeth concluded this round by pushing the Touraine block to a fault, the two teams are tied!

22-23. Huge counter from Strehlau on Nikolic! The TVB hasn't said its last word, are we going to relive the same scenario as in the first set?

18-21. And ace from Maxime Roatta, three points ahead now for Poitiers! Marcelo Fronckowiak takes a timeout.

18-19. Once again, the TVB had returned to 18-18, but Ngapeth calmed the Touraine enthusiasm with a huge smash.

13-15. An attack from Ngapeth followed by a Poitevin block and here we are again two lengths ahead for Poitiers.

10-10. Alterna Stade Poitevin had managed to take two small steps ahead, but an attack error from Magnin brought Tours back to the level.

5-6. A somewhat messy point is concluded at the net by Ngapeth, and Poiters goes in front for the first time in this second round.

2-2. The two teams are evenly matched at the start of the second round.

Premier set : 27-25

27-25. Amazing ! A final attack that was a little too long from Ngapeth and it was TVB who won this first round, after having been led almost throughout. A big series of serves from Pothron allowed Tours to save three set points before that, it was hot!

24-24. THE TVB IS HANGING ON! Two huge successive blocks, from Aracaju then from Quiroga, and here the locals are back on track!

20-23. Another huge serve from Hanzic, and that makes a new ace, Poitiers has the advantage in this first set money-time.

20-21. Big smah from the inevitable Ngapeth and the Alterna SPVBA gets back in front.

19-18. Superb ace from Quiroga and the TVB takes the lead for the first time, at the best of times!

16-18. Alterna Stade Poitevin still remains in front, with this magnificent point on a delicate touch from Ngapeth, which passes above the Touraine block.

13-15. The TVB had recovered to 10-10, 11-11, but Poitiers kept the advantage with two consecutive points from Walsh followed by a smash from Ngapeth.

8-9. Excellent series in the service of Aracaju, and at the moment, a very long rally is concluded by Quiroga, who sends the ball into the opposing hands to push Poitiers into error. TVB is back in the race.

5-9. On an excellent serve from Ngapeth, Luca Ramon's reception is very average and the TVB cannot return the ball to the other side of the net. Timeout set by Marcelo Fronckowiak.

4-7. With a huge counter from Howe and Ngapeth on Egleskalns, Stade Poitevin confirmed that it had the best start in this first round.

0-1. Here we go in this TVB – Poitiers duel! And Ngapeth scored the first point of the match on offense.

Before the match

19 h 56. Five minutes from the start of the match, it's time for the presentation of the two teams, and Earvin Ngapeth is cheered by the entire Grenon room, which is extremely full for this match.

19 h 52. On the Poitevin side, the ambition of the day is to bounce back after the two defeats in Sète and against Tourcoing. “We are a bit of a favorite and that changes a lot of things, especially for a team like ours with a lot of young people. I'm not worried but we have to bounce back quickly.”launched Earvin Ngapeth.

19 h 48. Marcelo Fronckowiak, the TVB coach, is of course delighted with what Ngapeth brings to French volleyball… but perhaps a little less today! “The arrival of Earvin changes the aura of this club. So much the better for Poitiers and French volleyball, but it’s tricky for us because we’re going to play against the double MVP of the last Olympics…”underlined the Brazilian coach on the eve of the match.

19 h 45. As for Tours Volley-Ball, the start of the season was mainly marked by constant roster adjustments with, in addition to the absence of Coric at the start, the small physical glitches which affected Strelhau and Gergye. The best scorer for the moment is the sharp Egleskalns (67 points).

19 h 40. Of course, Earvin Ngapeth is a great asset for Stade Poitevin. The French international is also one of the five best scorers in MSL after five matches, with 79 points scored, exactly the same number as his teammate, the sharp Serbian Dusan Nikolic.

19 h 33. The match will take place under the eyes of his father (and former TVB coach, it was he who launched it into the deep end on October 11, 2008), Éric Ngapeth, who is already installed in the stands of Grenon.

19 h 30. One man obviously attracts all eyes for this poster: Earvin Ngapeth. The double Olympic champion and double Olympic MVP made an unexpected arrival at the club in the city of his childhood, Poitiers. And this evening, he returns to the team that launched him into the professional world, Tours Volley-Ball. “It’s going to be a special moment”recognized the player on Friday.

19 h 27. A quick point on the dynamics of the two teams: the TVB had a difficult start to the season, with the suspension for the first two matches of its passer and captain Coric, and only had one victory in four matches, against Plessis- Robinson. Conversely, Poitiers started very strongly with three successes in a row, but is currently going through a dense period of three matches in five days, and the first two were lost (3-0 in Sète and 1-3 against Tourcoing).

19 h 20. Hello everyone and welcome to this live, to follow this highly anticipated Tours – Poitiers duel, between the most successful French team on one side, and on the other, the one which attracts all eyes at the start of this season. season with French star Earvin Ngapeth in his ranks.