a week and two shocks for Alterna Stade Poitevin

Montpellier
Alterna Stade Poitevin

It's Christmas before time. Even if it doesn't look like a gift for the Volleyball players at Alterna Stade Poitevin, volleyball enthusiasts and supporters of the Poitevin club will appreciate this week. Because two important duels await Dan Lewis and his protégés: Tuesday in Montpellier and Saturday against Chaumont. Shocks against the third and fourth in the championship which legitimately aim to deprive the Stade group, with its new point guard Bozidar Vucicevic, of its status as runner-up to the Tourquenn leader, acquired last weekend.

“These are indeed two big testsconfirmed Cédric Enard, Saturday evening. It bothers me a little to bring it up at this moment because with Dusan (Nikolic) and a full team, it would have been a huge week to gauge each other. We don't approach it with the most stable momentum. But the victory against Plessis-Robinson (3-1) allowed us to gain a little confidence. » And to stretch a great series of four consecutive successes in MSL, five with the difficult one won in the Coupe de France in Cambrai.

But without insulting the courageous red lantern of the Ile-de-France region, the Poitevins will have to raise their level of play to compete with the Héraultais and the Haut-Marnais. By avoiding making too many unforced errors, as was the case during the first set against the Robinsonnais (12), and by correcting certain small details. “During the first part of the match, we were not very well organized in the blockanalyzed Dan Lewis. But I'm really happy because we fixed that and we started touching balls. We also conceded series and for our part we had difficulty making them. We can do better. »

An Olympic meeting

To live up to this first “Olympic” meeting between the two double gold medalists, Earvin Ngapeth and Nicolas Le Goff. And above all from a successful Montpellier collective like the former teammate of Franco Massimino and Simon Magnin at Nantes-Rezé: Tomas Lopez.

The receiver-attacker is one of the best players in the championship and brings real added value to an MHSC-VB capable of being almost irresistible in attack (64% efficiency) and destroying the French champion Nazaire (0-3) in just 72 minutes. And even if Bozidar Vucicevic still has to get his bearings and sharpen himself physically, the Alterna SPVB also has solid arguments. “It’s a really solid team that has a very strong base.analyzed the Robinson passer Léo Meyer. Frankly, I don't want to say that it's my favorite team because I don't have the right, but I really like the way they play, all together, each in their role, with a coach behind his players. . For me, it is the strongest team in the championship. » Or at least one of the strongest. And the Poitevins will have the opportunity to show it this week.