2023-09-05 21:45:20
Warning well received: the day after their defeat against Romania (3-1), France concluded the group stage of Euro 2023 volleyball by venting their nerves on Greece (25-19, 25-22 and 25 -17), this Tuesday in Tel Aviv.
It is an understatement to say that the lesson inflicted on Monday by the Romanians went badly among the Blues. This setback did not call into question their participation in the round of 16, but it forced them to question themselves.
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“We talked a little, the players, the staff, we said things to each other, we tried to react today and it worked rather well”, summarizes Jean Patry. “The strong idea that came out of our discussions was who we wanted to be on the pitch: were we waiting for it to happen or were we warriors who play all the points as if it was the last ? “, Continues the sharp of the Polish club of Wiegel.
The 2021 Olympic champions took the Greeks by the throat and did not let them breathe. With the exception of the start of the 2nd set (7-4, then 8-8), they always raced in the lead, carried for the return in the starting six of Jean Patry (9 points) and Timothée Carle (16 points). Les Bleus also drastically reduced the number of their faults, in particular on services (10 against 24 the day before), while Earvin Ngapeth, back from a long enforced three-month break, was rested for this match. .
“What we have done so far, it is not us”
Andrea Giani’s players, who are aiming for the second European title in their history one year before the Paris Olympic Games, after 2015, will face in the round of 16 on Saturday in Varna (Bulgaria) the 4th in group B. It is currently Spain which could however give up this place to Bulgaria at the end of the last matches of this pool.
For Yacine Louati, it doesn’t matter who the next opponent will be: “We have to look at ourselves, before looking at the others: if we stay focused, if we play our game, we can beat all the teams”, insists the receiver – striker from Fenerbahçe.
After twelve days in Israel, the Blues will settle in Varna, on the shores of the Black Sea. “It will do us good to get a change of scenery. It’s a new tournament that is starting, with a formula that suits us better, ”says Patry. “We will find our team, he assures. What we have done so far is not us, neither in the state of mind, nor in the level of play.
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