Here we are. After a six-week break – time to let the holidays and the Euro slip away – the championship is about to resume its rights. For its return to the floor, this Saturday evening, in a probably full Jean-Cochet hall, the CCMHB will not have an observation round. Facing him will be one of the most competitive teams of the first part of the season, Aix-en-Provence. A fine squad of internationals calibrated for the top of the table and whose career so far has been in line with its objectives: to qualify for Europe in the spring.
Holes on the score sheet?
It remains to be seen in what state of form the Provençaux will present themselves, because the truce was not necessarily easy for their best elements, who were in high demand during the Euro. Karl Konan, Wesley Pardin, Ian Tarrafeta, Kristjan Kristjansson and Ikaki Pecina only returned from Hungary at the start of the week, and Romain Lagarde even came back injured (adductor). So, moving on to the Starligue so quickly may not be so simple…
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On the Chartrain side, we recorded Thursday the return to training of Adrian Figueras, returned with a beautiful silver medal in the suitcase and warmly applauded by his teammates on his arrival at the hall. If the Spanish pivot will be aligned tonight, Toni Gerona could still limit his use, as a precaution.
Djekic’s premiere
“He was asked a lot. There is physical fatigue, of course, but also mental fatigue from having played in a final, and this is something from which we cannot recover immediately, ”assures the Chartrain coach, who also deplores the absence of his two centre-halves, Sergey Kudinov (foot) and Marc Canellas (adductors). Fortunately, he will be able to rely on Djordje Djekic, who arrived from Finland during the break and who will take his first steps in official competition, after his six friendly goals last weekend, against Cesson-Rennes (30-37 defeat).
However, listening to Toni Gerona, we understand that there may be other holes on the match sheet this Saturday evening: “I don’t want to announce everything, but we have injured players, grimaces the coach Catalan. We will be reduced in the central sector and we will have to try things a little different compared to our workforce. »
We will have to make the perfect match, have twelve or fifteen saves, not miss from six meters, set the pace and be consistent in defense. Things will have to be done well.
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According to him, to repeat the feat of last season, which saw his players win in Aix on a memorable cannon shot by Nikola Jukic on the gong (24-25), it will be necessary to make a perfect copy. Just that. “We know that there may be an opportunity, because Aix remains on a defeat at home against Toulouse and won a lot of matches at the end, by a single goal, notes Toni Gerona. But for that, we will have to make the perfect match, have twelve or fifteen saves, not miss from six meters, set the pace and be consistent in defense. Things will have to be done well. Against Aix, like Nantes or Montpellier, you have to play perfect. Because we know that they have a stronger regularity than ours. »
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