After the truce of the confectioners, the sport resumed its rights this weekend for most of the Ile-de-France clubs. Men’s handball representatives were not affected by this return to business due to the upcoming European Championship (January 13-30). Their female counterparts from Paris92 will only resume on Wednesday. On the other hand, the weekend was busy for basketball players and volleyball players. Overview.
Basketball: Big disappointment for Boulogne-Levallois
Definitely the Metropolitans 92 don’t like repeats. Beaten at Le Mans (83-65) in October on the first day of the Betclic Elite, they fell this Sunday (92-93), at home, against Roanne for the resumption of the championship. This is a brutal and unexpected end of the series for the partners of Keith Hornsby (23 points) who remained on 12 successes and had not yet been dominated on their floor at the Marcel-Cerdan sports hall in Levallois. But the presence, for the first time this season, of the former mayor of Levallois Patrick Balkany will not have brought luck to the Mets. Yet they thought they would glean a 13th success in 14 days. Despite a starving long distance skill (4 out of 18 at 3 points), they led by 3 points 20 seconds from the buzzer (92-89). But two consecutive ball losses will allow Roanne – and Lauren Jackson, author of 29 points – to reverse the situation 3 seconds from time in front of a dumbfounded and silent audience. It looks like professional misconduct.
“We knew we were going to lose one day,” confided Vincent Collet at a press conference. It is not the most important, we knew that the match would be dangerous. It was a resumption match, we hadn’t played since December 23, we hadn’t trained together since Wednesday. It’s the beauty of the sport that kind of reversal. “
In the standings, Boulogne-Levallois (12 wins and 2 losses) maintains a comfortable lead over his runner-up Monaco (10-4) but will have to react next Saturday on the Paris Basketball floor for the first derby between the two teams.
Parisians who will also be looking for redemption. This Sunday they were dominated (93-76) on the floor of Limoges. Despite a good start to the match, they cracked when they returned from the locker room. Recruited last week, Axel Toupane, NBA champion with the Milwaukee Bucks last July, did not play the game. Paris is in 14th place (5 V, 9 D).
The weekend had started well for the Ile-de-France basketball with the large and important victory of Nanterre in front of Pau-Orthez (101-77), an opponent who plays the leading roles this season. Nick Johnson’s partners (20 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds for the captain), who had not played since December 10 following the postponement of three games due to numerous cases of Covid within the workforce, had ants in the legs. The gap has climbed to 31 points (101-71). They start the year 2022 perfectly and return to success after two setbacks during their last outings in 2021.
Operated on a knee in December, Pascal Donnadieu was present on the bench but, further diminished, the emblematic coach had decided to let his right arm Philippe Da Silva lead the team. “After three weeks of stoppage, it was not easy to find the rhythm, relishes the coach of an evening on the site of the club. We are satisfied with the commitment of the players, great efforts have been made, and it is a great reward to start the year with this victory, especially given the month of January that awaits us. Vincent Dziagwa (Editor’s note: the physical trainer) has done a lot of work for many days, we can see the result on the floor. We played a full game. “
Volleyball: the derby for Paris
The volleyball party has taken place. It was in a full and festive Charpy room that the second derby of the name between Paris and Le Plessis-Robinson took place on Saturday. But if the place of the meeting was the same as in the first leg – the promoted was forced to relocate four matches including the derby in the Parisian hall to validate his rise to Ligue A with the League – the number of sets played the same (3), this time the winner is different. Dominated in the first leg in November (22-25, 13-25, 20-25), the players of Dorian Rougeyron took a resounding revenge. Carried by the phenomenon Ibrahim Lawani, who won his duel from a distance against Antonin Rouzier, they won in 3 sets (21-25, 22-25, 20-25). Paris consolidates its place in the top 8 (6th) while the promoted remains in 9th place.
The girls of the Stade Français Paris Saint-Cloud, which welcomed a fourth Argentina this week in its squad – the central Candelaria Herrera (22 years old, 1.82 m) -, saw their match against the young shoots of France Avenir 2024 scheduled Saturday postpone to a later date. They will play their first match in 2022 on Tuesday with the reception of Cannes.
