Having kept the points acquired against Vincennes and Bauvais, then beaten Epinal, Halluin was first at the start of the second day of the Play-Downs while Cesson Saint-Brieuc was third. Geiler’s partners spent their services and started their match in the best way.
They quietly led, 17-12 in the first set, when Halluin Joop Paulidés player was seriously injured in the calf. Pending firefighters, Joop still encouraged his voice partners. Galvanized, the latter pocked the first set (26-17). In the second, Cesson made less mistakes and led from the start. Even if Halluin passed several times through their central, Dagenet or Bunel, the Cessonnais were better in defense around angas and went up the hot balls.
Cesson took advantage of the fact that Halluin had no real replacement at the point to attack and improved the quality of his game as you go after taking the second set (25-23).
-“The players were huge”
In the third set, a series of counters allowed Cesson to equalize and then go ahead to 16-17. Ibazeta made his power speak to the Smash, then totele contained alone to give 3 points ahead (18-21). It was thanks to a defense of the foot followed by a beautiful smash that Cesson pocketed a third disputed set (20-25).
A chased-crossed marked the set according to that Halluin pocked. Daguenet marked the 24th point and Bunnel of a beautiful Smash equalized for two sets everywhere. In tie-break the visitors led (6-8) and were more sharp in their attacks, but Halluin rebiffed and returned to 12-14. Finally, a Manuohalalo Smash gave Cesson the victory.
Valentin Brouck, the coach-player Cessonnais who played Halluin in cadets about twenty years ago, savored that his group of young people took advantage of the opposing injury and played with intelligence by making the right tactical choices. “We had two small holes in the second set but we showed a lot of mastery and made the right tactical choices, especially in the block the players were enormous in the collective block and defense sacrifice. »»
