That moment, when they will again be able to face an opposition other than internal, it’s been a long time now that the Dragons, deprived of a match since October 25 and their success against Cergy (7-1 ), dream of it. « We’ve been waiting for this for a month and a half, confirms Joris Bedin, Rouen Hockey Élite striker. It’s good to train, but what we really like is the competition, the excitement that comes with the matches. Now, that has been a long, long time since we have been deprived of it. Today, honestly, we only want to be able to resume. We are all impatient to play again. »
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Four matches
of Magnus by team by January 20
Something that the proteges of President Chaix will very soon be able to do since their agenda, desperately empty for the past six weeks, has since yesterday had three meetings for the coming month. A friendly, scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. and behind closed doors in Amiens against the Gothics, and two officials. The first in Briançon, in Ligue Magnus and in front of the Sport cameras in France, on December 11, the second in Rouen, seven days later, against Amiens in a late match of the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
« What was hard these past few weeks was not having any prospects. Guys needed a goal to be able to project themselves and, that goal, until then, they didn’t have it, explains Fabrice Lhenry, the Rouen coach. Since yesterday (Monday), they are happy, because they have new goals. For them, as for us, members of the staff, it is a beautiful Christmas present before the hour. We are all relieved to be able to find the competition again. » Glad, too, to have been able to squeeze in a friendly meeting just before it was
indeed the case. « We had been talking about this match for a while with Amiens, because, even if we ask for physical commitment in training, we know that the intensity and
contacts are not the same as in a match and against opponents who are not your
teammates, details the Norman coach. This meeting, it will be beneficial to both
teams. »
It will, also and above all, constitute the starting point for a gradual resumption of the Magnus League since, according to our information, the teams have been asked to play each one, by January 20, 2021, date now advanced for a return of the public to sports arenas, four closed-door meetings. Two at home and two outside.
The Dragons currently only have one championship match scheduled for December – the 11th in Briançon -, so they should have to play three Ligue Magnus matches, including two at home, during the first three weeks of January. The horizon emerges. Slowly but surely.
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