Montpellier won its 8th French volleyball championship title on Wednesday, the first in 47 years, by winning against Tours at home in the second match of the Ligue A final. Already winners of the first leg on Saturday in Tours at the tie break , Olivier Lecat’s men dominated a decisive home game to be crowned champions of France for the first time since 1975.
The former MUC, which has become MHSC like football, this time clearly won 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 30-28) after a final set that was nevertheless unbreathable and a fourth ball from match. “We thought we had everything to do it, and we never doubted“, rejoiced Olivier Lecat at the microphone of the League.
Visibly unperturbed by the pressure of this decisive match, the Montpellier team started the match with a bang in their Chaban-Delmas room, with a first set won 25-17, thanks in particular to the great performances of Nicolas Lazo and Nicolas Le Goff, the tricolor Olympic champion. “All the titles are fabulous, each time when we win, we think it’s the best. There I am as happy as after the Olympics. It’s historic“, reacted the central.
