ADA Blois ready for the “special match” against Pau-Lacq-Orthez, Mickaël Hay’s new team

ADA Blois (1^is90 %)
Pau-Lacq-Orthez (11^e45,5 %)

It is eagerly awaited by everyone. The cut during the second half of November will come at just the right time while the matches and “broken nights” have been linked lately with long trips.

The winning method but “demanding” by David Morabito being extremely energetic on the floor, with constant intensity, this period will allow us to rest and above all to recharge our batteries.

We will have to “make the effort and draw on reserves”

In Champagne, against Châlons-Reims, the Blésois were able to display “a good state of mind despite less good legs” to sign a ninth success in the middle of the week (89-90), but we saw that the tanks were already well under way.

It will therefore be necessary “make the effort and draw on the reserves for the last two matches before the break”, against Pau-Lacq-Orthez this Saturday evening at the Jeu de Paume and at neighbors Chartres next Saturday, confirms the Blésois technician. The latter deliberately did not quite include the Coupe de France match in the program because he plans to run Tuesday in Quimper while he is still upset about this new long-distance trip after the two qualifications he has already had to be gleaned in Brittany.

The return of Mickaël Hay

“When you win, everything is easier but it’s true that there are matches where it’s easier than others to motivate yourselfadds Timothé Vergiat. In Châlons, it was cold and there weren't many people in the room, but we have to manage to win these matches which can make the difference at the end of the season: which we did. But on the other hand, at home, I have no worries about the fact that we will find the resources with our audience. »

Who will be there again, as they have been since the start of the season. Especially since this opposition against Élan Béarnais, first budget in the division but which has been slipping since the beginning of October (six losses for a single victory) after the solid start to the season (four successes), will mark the return to Blois by Mickaël Hay, who will be honored before and after the game by the club where he coached eleven seasons (2013-2024).

“Especially a match to play”

“We have already seen each other several times but I am happy to see “Micka” in Blois, indicates with a smile David Morabito, former deputy of his evening opponent. He will receive the tribute he deserves for everything he has achieved. Afterwards, it's very important to celebrate the past but we are in the present and I think it's the same for him. We have a match to play against a dangerous team, which is below what it can hope for in this difficult championship. »

A match where, unlike the ceremony in his honor, Mickaël Hay will not be taken by surprise during the forty minutes of play, with an ADA faithful to the concepts of play and values ​​of which he was the guarantor, with “the desire to defend hard and share the ball well”as David Morabito slips, who “shares a lot of ideas” of the one with whom he “learned a lot”.

“It’s going to be a special match for the supporters and for the club as a wholeresumes to conclude Tim Vergiat, Blésois best player for the moment (15.9 points on average), who spent three exercises under the orders of the new Béarnais technician. It's possible that it will be special and even a little weird for him to come back as an opponent, as was the case for Thomas (Cornely) at the start of last season, because everyone will want to talk to him. In any case, it will make me happy to see him, even if it must remain a match like any other for us. We are not going to play against Mickaël but especially against Pau-Lacq-Orthez! »