The French Olympic champions did not tremble against the Netherlands (3-0), this Friday evening, in the magnificent new Arena of Futuroscope in Poitiers full (5200 spectators), for their international return.
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“We hadn’t had the opportunity to celebrate our Olympic gold medal in front of our audience so it’s good like that, in front of a full house, in addition to my home in Poitiers”
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Despite a largely reorganized team due to the late end of the championships of certain executives (Toniutti, Grebennikov, Clévenot…), the new coach of the Blues, the Italian Andrea Giani, did not miss his debut on a blue floor – White Red. Even led 1-7 at the start of the 3rd set, France rolled out. “We didn’t have the opportunity to celebrate our gold medal in front of our home crowd so it’s good like that, in front of a full house, in addition to my home in Poitiers”savored Earvin Ngapeth.
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France will find the same opponent on Sunday, in the same place but behind closed doors, before flying to Ottawa on Tuesday for its first and very competitive League of Nations tournament (June 8-12) against Italy, Serbia, the Canadian host and Poland.
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