Facing the Orléans leader, Sébastien Mida’s teammates would like to give themselves an early gift for this last meeting of the calendar year. Before their trip to the Loiret, the Ornais, 3es with 14 points, are three lengths behind Saint-Maur and four behind their next opponents. But they still haven’t fallen away (victory at Aire-sur-la-Lys and draw at Maisons-Laffitte). The Alençon captain, Yann Lemesle, analyzes the situation lucidly: We progress every year. With Tom Germain, who will participate in the French senior championships this year, or Arthur Vaugeois who is finding a level of play that suits him.
“It’s David against Goliath”
The leader of the CAB also has a word for the offseason recruits. They allow us to vary the composition, while maintaining competitiveness. And I can count on others who are not yet at their peak.
On paper, the CAB can rely on one of the strongest collectives since its accession to N2. Like the reinforcement of Sébastien Mida this summer. Coach at Saint-Maur, physical trainer for the French badminton and foil teams, this hyperactive person wanted to join his roommate Cédric Le Jean in the Alençon adventure.
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My only regret, continues Lemesle, it is to have lost two points against Saint-Maur » et and two others against Maisons-Laffitte.”
Any idea to improve this? We need to be more aggressive.”
And this Saturday’s opponent? Orléans is the ogre of the group with only one defeat. They have a very successful team, built to go to the play-offs. Girls like Léa Maroto, Irina Andersen and Tatiana Ivanova who outperform the teams in N2, and boys Mehdi Abrami, Bastien Chailloux, Safir Mohamed and Florian Sevin are ranked N1 on at least one of the tables. It’s David against Goliath!
However, Yann Lemesle has not yet given up on the play-offs for accession to N1, the right reserved for the first in the group. He concludes: As long as it’s not done mathematically, I believe in it.”
Argentan in Maisons-Laffites. At 4 p.m. this Saturday, the collective travels to Île-de-France. Largely beaten in the derby two weeks ago, Baba61, 5e and with only one point ahead on the jump seat towards the N3, will want to take points.
