Xavier Noguera (TMB coach): “We can really call it a victory of character. We started the match badly, we couldn’t get our game going and we lacked intensity. We let them settle in in our half of the field and develop their fast play, we are too permissive. It’s a pleasure to find ourselves only 5 points at half-time and then we come back with other intentions carried by the players on the bench. brought another energy at the break I asked them “what are we doing here?”. We were missing out on a final even though we had announced that we didn’t want to have it. of regrets. We had to leave with energy and that the key to this meeting would be intensity We managed to suffocate them even with fewer rotations. There are six days until the next match, so we have time to. recover, anyway at this age you always recover quickly.”
Isabelle Strunc (TMB captain): “We announced a battle and we didn’t lie. Like in match 1 anyway and it will be the same for match 3 with more at stake. From now on it will go to- beyond basketball, the technical or tactical qualities will not be sufficient. We will have to give even more, besides this final is balanced and what will turn the duel over is the fight. They make a big start and we have. did everything we wanted not to do but then regulated well with intensity in defense and big shots From this aggressiveness was born a certain euphoria which allowed us to win.
Benoit Marty (Chartres coach): “We had a good first half but we didn’t reward ourselves. We could have widened the gap before the break but we made mistakes and these mistakes allowed us to restart them. We lead plus 8 or plus 9 at one point, during the restart, but we didn’t know how to drive the point home. On the other hand, for their part, they believed in it… That’s how it is, I think they left it behind. the rubber on this meeting and now they have to be ready to face a boiling cauldron of 4,000 people who awaits them for match 3. We have the advantage of having a rotation of 10, so we have the possibility to rotate and regenerate to welcome them well.”
2024-05-13 03:14:30
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