It’s a good memory for JS Cherbourg (Manche, Proligue). That of the end of the first “internship” of the season away, in the East, three days after an already convincing success in Besançon, October 21, 2021 (26-32). The following Sunday, in Dijon, Frédéric Bougeant and his men ended the week on a high note, with another victory with six goals ahead (24-30).
The third of the season in four matches for the Mauves, who had lowered their flag to Saran (28-24), on the second day, October 9, 2021. Since that day, they have eight wins in nine Proligue matches (1is, 22 points), and feel themselves that it is in Côte-d’Or that they have reached a milestone.
Horvat: “In Dijon, a very complete match”
« Dijon (today 6e, 15 points) remains a direct competitor for the play-offs, and it’s a match that we managed to win away from home, leading from start to finish ”, remembers winger John Nkonda.
Croatian goalkeeper Sven Horvat goes even further: “We really had a very complete game, from the first to the last minute. There wasn’t even a little moment of weak time. “
Stories that still make their trainer tick a little. “Indeed, the Dijon match is a solid performance on our part, but not a perfect match, place Frédéric Bougeant. But let me remind you that the start was not that simple, and that everything had not worked. I also think that that day, Dijon was perhaps a little less well. They had moved on Wednesday (to Saran, defeat 32-27), and had chained Sunday. We stayed there after Besançon. All these parameters must enter into the overall analysis. “
Bougeant: “The starting point of awareness”
He pursues : “For the players, it is certainly a benchmark match. For me, it was more the starting point for awareness. A lot of players saw what we were capable of, when we were disciplined and strong defensively, and we could be a difficult team to play. “
Painful, the Cherbourgeois were in Billère, Friday February 12, leaving the Béarnais only 21 goals (21-23), in particular thanks to “A defensive choice” from the coach in the second period, in reaction to the difficulties encountered with the ball in hand. But since that famous match in Dijon, this tight-knit Cotentin group seems to be prepared for all winds and tides. And if again the sea is not oil on Friday February 19, 2021, we will have to redouble our efforts so that the mayonnaise continues to set.
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