Tours Volley-Ball
Saint-Nazaire Volleyball Atlantic
This live broadcast is hosted by journalists from the La Nouvelle République sports department.
Pre-match
19 h 45. If everything is better from a sporting point of view, the TVB has however experienced some turmoil this week, with the ouster of its general manager, Frantz Granvorka, who arrived this summer in Touraine. “Frantz had difficulty understanding his role as manager”explained François Bruneau, the president of the TVB, yesterday.
19 h 40. With ten points also in their pocket, the Tourangeaux are just behind their evening opponent in the standings, with a 10e not really a satisfactory place for such an ambitious club. But, after a difficult start to the season (five defeats for one victory during the first six days of MSL), the TVB has recovered, since it has just won four victories in five matches, in all competitions.
“We started the season in a difficult way, traced Marcelo Fronckowiak, last week after the victory in Nice. We first want to hang on to the teams close to us, always with the desire to seek the play-offs, then the best possible place. If the team continues what it has shown recently, we can have hope. But knowing that we are behind schedule, there is nothing certain. »
Tonight's match is in any case a great opportunity to get closer to the 8e place, qualifier for the play-offs. “Yes, this match is very important for the top 8”confirms the Touraine coach.
19 h 35. Honor to the visitors! Saint-Nazaire is not really celebrating at the start of the season. The reigning French champion is in 9the place in the standings, with a record of four victories for five defeats (including three in the last four meetings).
Compared to last year's team, five players left (including libero Ludovic Duée, who retired to devote himself to… religion) and five others arrived.
But Fulvio Bertini, the new coach, relies on a backbone which was already partly present last year, with the receivers-attackers Ewert and Hallé, the centrals Burel and Spencer (the latter is nevertheless currently injured) and the sharp Leon. However, he was No. 2 in his position last season and has taken on a new dimension in recent weeks. “Henri Léon is revealing himself this season, his performances illustrate the fact that we must not neglect the potential of this team”judge Marcelo Fronckowiak, the Touraine coach.
19 h 30. Good evening and welcome to this live! On this beautiful evening at the end of November, Tours Volley-Ball welcomes Saint-Nazaire for a repeat of last season's final, won by the Nazairiens in the golden set (to relive this crazy final, click here). Kick-off of the meeting at 8 p.m.!
