“The girls want to take their revenge”: the Béziers Angels coach confides before facing the VMA

Le coach biterrois pourra compter sur plusieurs retours. Giacomo Italiano

Après la première manche des quarts de finale perdue en début de semaine dernière, Fabien Simondet et les Béziers Angels se déplacent de nouveau à Mulhouse, ce mardi soir (20h).

Comment sentez-vous vos joueuses avant ce deuxième déplacement à Mulhouse ?

Everything is fine. We prepared well for this meeting, in particular by working on the few little things that worked less well. While also making sure to maintain our strong points from this first meeting. There was a bit of disappointment as the girls felt they came close to winning. But I also feel that they want to take their revenge.

Despite the disappointment, this narrow defeat (3-2) must also have brought a lot of confidence.

Yes, absolutely. This is also the speech I gave to the players. We know that we are not far from a good shot, so we have to stay positive and believe in our strengths. We are on par with Mulhouse, we will have to stick to what we know how to do and correct the few small details that did not allow us to win.

What exactly will these points be corrected??

I would like us to make a few fewer mistakes. We sometimes made some small mistakes on simple things and block systems – defense. We'll just have to be a little more focused and precise.

Physically, what state is the group in?

We had a week to recover and prepare well for the match. The returns of Ella (May Powell) and Laura (Milos) will also do us good. Now it will be up to us to do whatever it takes to win and turn this series around. Especially since a victory would allow us to play two more matches in front of our public (editor's note: the third confrontation will be played on Friday in Béziers).

This second confrontation will be broadcast from 7:50 p.m. on LNV TV.

The Nationale 3 beaten to the wire

If Manon Bernard and her teammates were able to take advantage of a few days without competition to prepare for their second quarter-final confrontation in Alsace, several categories of the training center were on the floor last weekend. Confident after its victory at Haillan, the Nationale 3 did not come far from a nice blow against the opposition. Issoire, the leader of the group. A short defeat (2-3) which relegates the Béziers volleyball players to the foot of the podium, at the bottom of the podium. two lengths of Coudoux Velaux la Fare. In terms of good news, we will remember the new victory (3-0) of Regional 1 against Bousquet Bédarieux. Leaders of their group, Anaïs Aguilera and her partners are one step ahead of their runner-up.

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