Tours VB dominates Fréjus and advances to the quarter-finals

Fréjus (League B): 0
Tours VB (MSL) : 3

Good job! In this traditional period of wishes, the Tourangeaux wanted to start the new calendar year with the convincing momentum of the end of 2024 (8 consecutive victories in the championship and the European Cup), barely mitigated by an intense battle of the leaders, lost (2 -3) at the Futuroscope Arena in Poitiers on December 27.

This Tuesday, January 7, for their entry into contention in the Coupe de France at the round of 16 stage on the brand new taraflex of the Fréjusiens, declared candidates for promotion to the elite (the Var club currently occupies 2^e place of League B), the Tourangeaux carried out their mission seriously, ensuring respect for the hierarchy.

“Serious from start to finish”

The TVB players knew the pitfalls of this type of meeting: a hostile and noisy room, a club in search of its glorious past (5 Cup successes between 1986 and 1992), a resumption always risky after the mini-truce of the confectioners in a new competition where the “little one” wants to take on “the big one” in a dry match… “We respected Fréjus by being serious from start to finish”savored Marcelo Fronckowiak, the Brazilian coach of TVB, relieved by this flawless qualification achieved on the Côte d'Azur.

A set to get started before rolling out

Facing the Varois of the former assistant coach of the Blues, Loïc Geiler, it took a set to rekindle the flame, to put Ryan Sclater back in the rhythm and exhaust the proud Fréjusiens by the points, but quickly put under the snuffer by the athletic dimension of the Touraine collective.

This initial set (25-20), which definitively shifted to 19-19 (after ten ties) in favor of the TVB, gave nausea to the Varois, who had become easier prey for the Tourangeaux. “I want to congratulate my players for their rigor. It was a trap match and we won in three sets. The dynamic is still there and it is important for the rest of the season. »

Scalter and Pothron at work

In the wake of the Canadian point guard (16 pt), well supported by the metronome Antoine Pothron (11 pt) and by the magic wand of the Serbian passer Coric (despite a still latent flu condition) to lead a diligent collective which has never had the slightest worry, the second set was a simple formality (25-16 in 23')… before completing the qualification with a 3^e set more tight, but logically concluded (25-21) after a last Fréjusian revolt controlled by Tourangeaux constantly ahead in the score.

“We’re going to play on all fronts”

“We wanted to get off to a good start, we are going to play hard on all fronts (with Europe and MSL) ! » Sitting in the center of the field, President François Bruneau enjoyed the event calmly. Without Aracaju (left to rest), with Roland Gergye still spared and Ryan Sclater barely revived, the TVB has assets that it intends to pull out of its sleeve for the final package. We're already salivating…

Chaumont is warned

“We will have to rely on all our strength to overcome all obstacles”concludes Fronckowiak, his fist clenched to validate a logical success. Chaumont, TVB's next opponent in the MSL on Saturday in Grenon and who sweated in Ajaccio (3-2), is warned. Tours is on the attack in 2025.