Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Tuesday October 8, 2024 at 1:01 p.m.
A few days for the Poitevins, leaders of the ranking, to host Saint-Nazaire, the defending champion, with perhaps a third victory in three matches for Earvin Ngapeth and his team, the double Olympic champion and new superstar of the club and of the Marmara SpikeLigue is delighted with the state of mind of its teammates and their ambitions.
The hit at the start of the season in Marmara SpikeLigue is called Poitiers. Leader, still undefeated (two victories in two matches), Alterna Stade Poitevin is riding the most beautiful of waves until now on the arrival of Earvin Ngapeth, best player in the world and superstar of the Blues. And if the double Olympic champion with the French team, originally from the region and whose father had coached the Poitevin team in the past, was entitled to ask himself questions before joining this team which had finished at the bottom ranking (11th) in the regular season last year and at the same time making his comeback in the French championship, he was quickly reassured by the state of mind of his teammates. Last Friday, after the demonstration of the double MVP of the Olympic Games and his partners on the Chaumont floor, where it is usually very hard to win, Ngapeth once again said the greatest good (at the microphone of beIN Sports) of everything he has seen since his arrival. “We prepared well for this match, we had a super hectic week, it also galvanized everyone, the team. We have a lot of young people, that puts a little more pressure. But what’s great is is that everyone has felt a little bit of what Poitiers can be, can become and has been in the past in volleyball, and everyone wants to revive this thing. We work really well, we work hard, that’s ten. matches that Poitiers had not won at Chaumont, we were keen to have a good match already and try to win this victory (…) We played really well, we had the fangs and we were aggressive from start to finish, and it worked well.”, savored number 86 of the Alterna SPVB.
Ngapeth: “I’m not used to focusing on instructions, but that works too”
The former Modena player does not hide the fact that he also takes pleasure in complying with the rules in place. “Our coach is very keen on match preparations, I have rarely prepared matches the way we prepare them with Dan, it’s great and it helps a lot. And above all, everyone is super focused on the instructions. I’m not used to that, to focusing on the instructions (laughs), but it works too, we really have a superb working atmosphere in the group, everyone wants it. , it’s cool.” Poitiers and Ngapeth will have the opportunity on Saturday evening during their second home outing to strike again. It is in fact Saint-Nazaire, reigning French champion, who will try to be the first team to bring down these currently irresistible Poitevins.
