Despite early shots from Jane Le Nozach and Faure cleared by Hudry, the Basques resisted the aggressive defense of the visitors, sanctioned on several occasions. Jone Arotçarena thus scores a first throw of seven meters, converted by Faure, the specialist of the house. Manon Tisseyre fired past her but the action ended with Léa Iralde’s shot cleared off the post. After Patricia Aisa Zamora’s stoppage, the locals benefit from a ball advantage but a counterattack by the Bourbonnaises postpones the deadline (2-4, 7th). Thanks to the victorious climb by Tisseyre, CBHB finally took the lead (6-5, 12th). In the process, Intza Altuna puts the rods, after a recovery by Marine Fernandez.
Author of the first firecracker of the match then taken in a penalty shootout, Diane Nguekwian, neutralized, got two temporary exclusions (12th, 19th). “Even when he’s in the game and not shooting, he brings back a defender or two, analyzes Mickaël Moreno. We saw that she was able to distill pivot balls and wing passes. The goal was to take her out with a staggered 1-5 to make her think there was room. Without Nguekwian, inert on the bench, the Basques accelerate like Aisa Zamora’s quick recovery that ends up directly in the hands of Lysa Mathieu, who just has to push the ball to the back of the net (12-7). After the successive bankruptcies of Le Nozach, Faure and Tisseyre, Altuna is in turn faced with the exercise. With success (13-8).
7 goals in 11 minutes
After conceding two goals just before the break, the locals regained the major lead (15-10, 32nd). Author of a great second half, Lina Colinot opens the gates. The young Côte Basque rearguard scored seven times in the span of 11 minutes. Meanwhile, her former teammate Maryse Taombé allows Montluçon to restart twice. Moment chosen by the coach to bring in Lucia Nunez Castellano in place of compatriot Aisa Zamora (18-16, 42nd).
Faced with a formation that loses a plethora of balls, the CBHB was able to apply its game scheme to the letter (racing on rising balls) and thus widen the gap again in the final moments (27-21, 54th). “We were able to exploit their shortcomings, namely defensive withdrawal and bullet loss,” the coach recounts. We managed to make him lose some possession thanks to our positioning. He still had to score behind. In any case, we responded tactically to what we had put in place. The coach now aspires to have his daughters validate the remaining 34% to ratify the caliber and return to a record of five wins by five losses.
