BADMINTON (Pre-National) – Fabien Vibert: “We had to win this meeting”

Victorious at Volant Basséen this Sunday (6-2), AUC Badminton moves away from the relegation zone and even prevents its opponent from leaving with the defensive bonus point. Here are Fabien Vibert's impressions.

Following his convincing victory against the La Bassée clubthe Picardy club consolidates its fourth place and widens its lead over its pursuers. In very generally controlled matches (only one match out of the eight was played in three sets), the Samarians logically won this face to face, even preventing their opponent of the day from returning to the North with the defensive bonus point. For Amiens captain Fabien Vibert, facing a direct competitor, there had to be only one outcome: « We had to win this meeting and it's done. Against a team that plays like us, it’s a good thing.”.

However, there is no question of getting excited for Fabien Vibert: “In terms of ranking it can still go very quickly. It depends on the bonus points that are at stake. In addition, the first phase is not over yet. SO it's a good operation to have deprived this team of the defensive bonus« An important victory before to go to Gravelines, second in the championshipfor the last day of the first leg on November 30.

Maxence Rico
Photo credit: Kevin Devigne – Gazettesports.fr (archive) and Théo Bégler – Gazette Sports