Tours
Montpellier
Veikka Lindqvist will be waiting to discover Tours and Grenon. The young Finnish point guard from Montpellier, injured, is not traveling to Touraine, for the opening of the season, this Saturday September 28. For the rest, the MHSC arrives in full possession of its means.
The Supercup, a “super important” stage
This is evidenced by this Super Cup won on Saturday September 21 in Nantes against Saint-Nazaire in the tie-break (25-17, 34-36, 18-25, 25-17, 15-13). Beyond a first trophy, Loïc Le Marrec retains “lots of positive things: against Saint-Nazaire who was really solid, we were able to hold on, even when we were behind, or even in difficulty. We weathered the storm to turn the match around. In building the team, it’s super important”.
A preserved framework
Even if, as the Montpellier coach says, “the plaster is still fresh”the MHSC starts on paper from less far than the TVB, and than many other MSL teams at the start of the season.
The passer-point axis is in fact the same as last season with Corre and Dimitrov (and it started very strong, with 29 pt at 53% in attack for the Bulgarian). The center is occupied by Le Goff, crowned with his double Olympic champion title, and Seddik who is definitely moving up the ranks while Palacios remains faithful to the position of receiver-attacker and in his role as captain, too. “Palacios was certainly there last year, but he was injured for a long time and came back very late, puts Loïc Le Marrec into perspective. There are still relationships to be made. »
“A collective takes place over an entire season”
The friendly matches allowed us to work, and obviously quite well. It now remains to be realized, from this Saturday if possible, especially later in the season. “There are already good things but a team cannot be created in two months of preparation, if not over an entire season. »
A season where Montpellier will have “first objective” to find Europe again. “For that you have to be in the top four, maybe the top five. And from there, we’ll see what happens in the play-offs and in the Coupe de France. » It being understood that the MHSC does not prohibit anything. It would be wrong to do so.
This Saturday, September 28, at 8 p.m., in Grenon.
