USO Nevers Suffers Crushing Defeat to Dijon Reserve, Facing Survival Crisis

The sky has fallen on the heads of the USO Nevers. The reception of the Dijon MH reserve should have been an opportunity to prove their continuity: it turned into a real nightmare and a one-way meeting.

Playing everything over sixty minutes: that was the challenge of the match, coming from four consecutive hits, against the reserve of Côte-d’Orienne, composed in large – some young people from the training center. The situation was a foregone conclusion and it was confirmed from the first minutes. The Dijonnais, as might be expected, put their speed of execution, their speed in a short time, on the Neversois, always so lightly as to defensive withdrawal. The USON, unsolved, created an illusion for ten minutes (5-6), the time for Lanfranchi, a pivot from the professional group Starligue, to create the first explosion, which continued to grow (6-9, 7-14) . ).

Still without strikers, Nevers too often hampered the Dijon defense to compete and above all offered too many easy goals of equal credit: blocked shots, lost balls , interceptions and counter-attacks, leaving the unfortunate Doussat left to his own devices. The keeper of Nivernais, the sole survivor of the controversial Dubuisson, postponed the date as long as he could.

“Tonight, everyone is sad,” coach Sassi Boultif said. “We knew this game was important to keep us alive. But that’s not the one we lost…”

Neverever now needs a miracle to save himself. Eleventh and first relegated, the Neversoise team must win in Beaune and hope for a loss for the DMH against Semur-en-Auxois (12th), already condemned.

Yannick Borde