It all started last Tuesday with this victory on the smallest score, whitewashing the French champions, Grenoble (1-0). Three…
It all started last Tuesday with this victory on minimum scores, defeating the reigning French champions, Grenoble (1-0). Three days later, while followers of the puck announced a fussy trip for Hormadi to Rouen, even calling the victory against Grenoble a robbery, Anglet repeated his feat. The wave of Belharra, which not long ago passed the edge of the Basque coast, seemed to have traveled as far as the Seine-Maritime last Friday evening (1-2). With the help of blocker Mathew Robson, Hormadi won in Normandy for the first time since moving up to the top flight.
Two traps placed that worked, and that had been carefully prepared by Nicolas Arrossamena’s teammates, doubly decisive: “We knew that there were two big shots ahead of us. We had a game plan, we applied it well. We respected the defensive system a lot, with many sacrifices from all the players. And then, we had a big checkmate on both sides.
The knife between the teeth
One might think that the worst is over. But now the Angloys will have to confirm these two victories. For this, what could be better than a derby against the Boxers this Tuesday evening (8.30pm). This will be the first South West derby in the Barre cauldron this season and the locals have a big revenge to take. Because during the first clash in early October, Anglet had been corrected by his Girondin neighbor, losing to Mériadeck (6-0). A bitter defeat that Saint-Pierrais intends to erase. “Tomorrow is a derby, we will certainly take revenge, the match might not be very good because it is a derby. But we will stay focused on our plan, our philosophy, by being aggressive. We have found this recipe that works, we will continue to apply it», warns Nicolas Arrossamena.
Yes, a recipe that works, because a lot of water has passed under the bridge since the trip to the Gironde, and the Basque workforce has taken on a completely different face compared to the one presented last month. The team was inspired by Pierrick Rézard for a month. The 32-year-old, accompanied by his assistant Mathieu Cyr, is doing a remarkable job and the results prove it: eight wins in his last ten matches in all competitions.
