Alterna stadium Poitevin – Chaumont: 3-0
The doors of the Lawson-Body room remained open all evening this Friday. History that the burning atmosphere of the cauldron does not make the 2,421 spectators, or rather supporters, present to attend this semi-final return to Chaumont. Perhaps also so that the whole city of Poitiers hears the clamor rising from the Poitevine enclosure, from the Pont Neuf, to La Ganterie, via La Blaiserie, Saint-Eloi, the three cities, the plateau … so that the France of the volleyball re-listens to the “We are in the final, we are final” sung by the black and white people.
Because yes, thirteen years after having participated for the last time, the Volley Poitevin club is back in the championship final. At the end of a dream evening, with a first victory in three sets won during these play-offs. Almost unreal. Because who could have imagined that Dan Lewis and his protégés, beaten in the first two games of the quarter -finals in Tourcoing, have been following five consecutive successes to try to win the third hexagonal crown in the history of the Stadist institution after the titles of 1999 and 2011? Who expected to see Earvin NgaPeth arrive just before kick -off to ignite a little more a cauldron that he dreamed of turning back at the start of the season when he had joined the Alterna SPVB?
-The statistics of the match.
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“Poitiers deserves this final”
“Seeing a room like that, more for a semi-final, it’s a sick thingrejoiced the double Olympic champion, which felt in the front row behind the Poitevin bench during the first and third sets. I feel a little in the final too. »» Like all those who were able to attend this victory. But this qualification is and will remain the work of Dan Lewis and his group. “Not (Cédric Enard) succeeded in his mission, Dan (Lewis) made an incredible jobcontinued Earvin Ngapeth. Poitiers deserves this final. »» More than Chaumont anyway.
Already victorious on the outward journey (1-3), the Poitevins made a new demonstration against the CVB 52 during the first two heats (25-19, 25-19), as had been the case in the last two in Haute-Marne, in the wake of a Nik Mujanovic far too high and too strong for the Chaumontais. In fact, there was only a match during the third set. When Mathis Henno and his partners took a maximum of risks at the service, successfully (14-16). Without it destabilizing Brett Walsh, author of an ACE with the help of the video challenge (22-19), and his family until the last winning attack by Renan Michelucci. “I really find that until I have progressedsummarized Earvin NgaPeth, also happy to see the Poitevin club again to reconnect with a European Cup next season. They made a big match, they dominated from start to finish. They show serenity from the quarter -finals. They do not panic and never get annoyed. »» A real quiet force that no one has been able to tame until then. The Montpelliérains or the Tourangeaux, tied after the Hérault success in Grenon (2-3), are warned. Poitiers is back in the final. The waking dream …
