C’Chartres BM – Pont-de-Chéruy, a poster that could have been a shock, this Tuesday evening

Exactly thirteen months ago, on Saturday February 29, 2020, the C’Chartres BM received the SO Pont-de-Chéruy (SOPCC), a colorful shock for the latter of phase 1. A shock between a near Chartres leader. intractable and undefeated in his room and a promoted Isère defending his 3rd place. A shock before projecting itself towards the Top 10. A major shock for Sébastien Lambert’s men to turn, in the second phase, with only one defeat on the clock, the one conceded precisely in the first leg against the SOPCC (84-64).

CCBM – SOPCC, a shock last season

A shock where Chartres was deprived of his strongman, Du’Vaughn Maxwell, the American having been suspended for inappropriate remarks towards the refereeing body. A shock which had finally turned out to be sumptuous and which had once again fallen into the hands of Patrick Clerence’s teammates. A shock in front of a Jean-Cochet hall drunk to the mouth, in front of 1,300 delighted spectators who were only waiting for one thing, the second phase to get a little closer to the ProB …

“In the end, it cost nothing! “

“Yes, this matchup last season was worth a lot, but it cost nothing! “, Underlined yesterday the coach of the CCBM Sébastien Lambert, before adding,” and we are somewhat in the same situation today. But, we are professionals, we are paid to do a job, we are paid by partners, private and public, and we must give them a good image. Will the motivation be extreme? I would like to say yes… The decision of the FBBB last week (1) made us bitter… But we’ve been frustrated for a year, we’ve been living with it for a year and it’s complicated in terms of psychological. As it smiles less on us this year, we convey even more frustration ”.

“Finish clean”

Yes, this CCBM – SOPCC tonight will have nothing to do with last year’s. However, Sébastien Lambert’s men will be tasked with finishing this terrible season as best as possible and, to do so, they will have to beat the Isérois in order to remove them from the fourth jump seat in order to maintain the hope of finishing on the podium. It will not be a consolation, “just the fact of finishing the season cleanly vis-à-vis those who support us”, as Sébastien Lambert clearly mentioned.

(1) The FFBB has decided to cancel the second phase and Chartres will not be able to defend its chances of climbing during the Top 10 that was looming.