Grand Poitiers Eyes Top 4 After CPB Rennes Victory

Romain Guillard, the coach of Grand Poitiers, had a smile on Saturday afternoon his team’s victory on the floor of the Cercle Paul Bert in Rennes (32-33). Leading for a large part of the match, the Poitevins managed to equalize in the 54th^ethrough Yohan Bourgeuil (29-29), and to take the advantage for the first time, again on a goal from Yohan Bourgeuil when there were only two minutes left to play (31-32). The Poitiers guard sealed the game by scoring a goal on the Poitiers goal with just 15 seconds to play (32-33), allowing Grand Poitiers to secure their third place.

With one game left to play, in two weeks’ time at Hennebont-Lochrist, to complete the first leg, the Poitevin club are just one point behind second place, Bruges-Lormont, which he defeated the week before (28-23)and two on the conductor, Saint-Cyr, where he will travel in three weeks.

Enough to make Romain Guillard happy, satisfied with the face shown by his family and happy to see his team in a good position at the top of the table.

“I wanted to introduce them to a quagmire game”

What did you think of the Grand Poitiers performance in Cesson-Rennes?

“It is a little easier for me to talk about this meeting but Rennais deserved the victory as much as we did. The spectators can be satisfied, they saw a good game. I have a lot of respect for the CPB which is a great handball centre. He made us laugh and I’m not going away from my pleasure. »

What allowed you to make a difference?

“These are the values ​​of loyalty and self-sacrifice of all. Everyone involved in this meeting deserves to come out of it stronger. My players were pushed to the highest level and this (Saturday) evening, they achieved great things.”

At half time, you were down by two goals (18-16). What did you tell yourself to turn the situation around in the second half?

“We were where we wanted to be, which is two goals behind our opponents. We had to discipline to survive at 50^e. Preparing for the game during the week, I was sure it would be decided then. I wanted to introduce them to a quagmire game where the ending would be very important. »

With just one first leg game remaining, your team is now in third place. How do you see the future?

“We still have two away games at Hennebont-Lochrist, who are in fifth place, and at Saint-Cyr, who are currently first in the ranking, until the end of the year. The leaders have done well for us so far. I am filled with ambition and also humility, which is not compatible. We are aiming for the top 4.”