Saint -Dié – Sens
3-1
“Whatever the bottle, provided you have drunkenness!” “This is in essence what Manu Dumortier declared at the end of a tense match which the verdict was long overdue:” Yes, there was tension, it was addictive. The girls did not play their best volleyball on this match, but we don’t care! Now we’re going to savor. Savor this accession to Ligue A, an obstacle on which Saint-Dié has stumbled five times, and which is therefore crossed in the 6th attempt. It was not without difficulty as the Senonaises thwarted the plan of the deodatian.
In fact, there was disappointment in Simon Garel’s speech, the Icaunais coach: “We are disappointed, but we have to play perfection so much to hope to beat this Saint-Dié team! We do not emphasize it enough, but doing what they do this season is exceptional! »»
The victory he lacked in the wolves in order to be able to finish their free wheel season, they went to seek it like last week in the Coupe de France final, with all their guts, all their courage. When Kahiatauraa injured himself at the end of a 3rd set where they took the water in reception, we were able to fear the worst. Maybe it was a turning point in the evening. But when Estelle Adiana replaced it, it was quickly understood that it was also inhabited by the rage to defeat. Sol Piccolo will also have made a match full of desire against its old partners, just like Tehi Labaste, still of a formidable efficiency in all sectors of the game. At the Kristina Yordanska net played the “clean” cleaning everything that dragged, and Themis Sanou has once again demonstrated that it was better than a spare part in this beautiful mechanical of the Louves.
And what a joy for a coach to have two passers of such a level! Emilia Balagué and Romy Taule managed to distill good balls for their attackers and incidentally to serve the millimeter in order to destabilize a visiting reception that did not want to let go. Handicapped by recurring back pain, Laura Urios was able to deliver services at crucial moments. And finally, how to ignore the contribution of Julie Mollinger, the captain who was on all the balloons.
So this match, he had started badly (4-7), but very quickly Saint-Dié equalized at 10-10 before taking off and imposing himself easily (25-17). Ditto in the 2nd set. Saint-Dié raced in front and then dug the gap from 16-16. Upon returning from the locker room, the change of decor was brutal. El Ghoul and Clark on the bench, their replacements did wonder and pocked the set: 17-25. The wolves were ko, but not beaten. The proof, they extinguished meaning before opening the doors of paradise, or rather from the upper floor.
