Pool B of the French men’s N2 championship in which the Agen Basket-Club will play has almost the same composition as that of last year. We therefore take the same teams with the hope, this year, of being able to… finish the championship. Reactions of the manager and the coach of the team on the eve of the resumption of training, Monday August 2 at the Stadium.
Benoît Souquet (manager) : “We will find the same opponents. Only Stade Mons will replace the Nantes de L’Hermine. Difficult to formulate a prognosis on the eve of the resumption of this championship. Last year there were only four games and therefore Very few references. I see that several teams have strengthened and that everyone is at least talking about being in the middle of the table. We can expect a very close championship.
As far as we are concerned, it seems to me that we have, this year, a little more depth of the bench with in particular the arrival of the leader Dennis Ona Embo and the American Arnold Fripp who will have the heavy task of making Mohamedou Sy forget. . For now, this player who has not yet obtained his visa has therefore still not arrived. The latest recruit to date is Sydney Pehoua who will return to the Stadium’s floors. Four years ago, the year he moved up to N2, he was the team’s top scorer. Passed by Valence-Condom and Montauban, the return to the ABC constitutes for him a beautiful sporting challenge which he seems ready to take up.
We hope not to be too disturbed by the sanitary restrictions. The Stadium must not accommodate more than 50 people per day, all disciplines combined, and this means that even for training, only players with a health pass could participate in training from August 6. However, some players are still not vaccinated … “
Laurent Ruesgas (trainer): “The pool seems to me to be extremely homogeneous. We must expect a championship which will surely be exciting. Meilhan, Montgaillard, Pornic, Niort and our neighbors from the BBM will surely play at the top of the table. We start with a rather interesting trip to Horsarrieu hoping to make a “nice shot.” First home match on September 18 against the beautiful team of the Sudanese Elan Montgaillard. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the beginning of a story that begins on Monday with the I have not been able to coach a single match last year since taking office in December 2020. I know the players well, however, and it seems to me that the team is, this year, a little more fleshed out. With Benoît Souquet, we had carte blanche for recruiting with the sole instruction to choose young players as a priority to ensure the future. Once again, we must expect a very close championship because it seems that the Most of the teams have grown stronger as well. “
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