“We would be wrong to go and play a serene return match!” We are going to go there as if it was the last match and give ourselves as today. But if we manage to reproduce what we did tonight, by correcting certain things, we don’t have too much concerns to do. Maëva Djaldi-Tabdi laughs this Wednesday evening, at the end of his answer to the question of whether the victory of the first leg against Basket Landes lets the best for Charnay. A spontaneous laugh, in which transpires more relief and pride than sufficiency or any other a little too conquering feeling.
Nevertheless. Charnay has never been so close to playing the first female league final in its history. And if Stéphane Leite grimaces a little against the passion of her player, freshly promoted captain, her grin quickly gives way to a frank smile. “I find it exciting, to go to the hottest room in France playing our place in the final. I am very, very excited! I wanted to be able to experience exactly that, it suits me very well. I would have preferred 11 points ahead but what a joy to be able to play a match 2 having won the first match, in Basket Landes, in front of a connoisseur audience and a crazy atmosphere! »»
“Don’t tell me about bonuses”
And to prolong, sparkling look. “Today, we live day by day. We want to create beautiful stories and we are solely focused on it. The word ” finale ” never got out of anyone’s mouth. The difficulties, the prejudicial absences, the technician has accommodated it and is not very proud to have (still) surprised everyone, while Charnay invariably passes for the little thumb that will end up being crunched. “I would have preferred that Coralie (Chabrier, injured, editor’s note) be there and Monique (Akoa Makani, part in WNBA, editor’s note) too, but we thought about how to use it all and the challenge was great. It’s exciting to say: we will face basketball moors with our weapons, we will join our hopes and we go (a break, then he hits the table) try. »»
Before concluding, more determined than ever. “Now, don’t tell me about bonus: I heard it too much. It’s not one. It’s an exceptional season but if we stop there, we will all be disappointed because we have long teeth. In fact, I don’t even want to imagine this scenario, I don’t imagine that we lose. Play tonight (Wednesday) in front of a full room? No, it is not the most important: the most important thing is to qualify. The most important thing is to go to Basket Landes and win, or at least not to lose more than 4 points. The story, it is beautiful, my daughters do an incredible job, they have incredible resources. Today, we want to continue to write this story. We don’t remember the people who almost won, we remember the people who win and we want to win. »»
