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The French first division men’s volleyball championship has now started 19 rounds out of a total of 26. Tours lead with 44 points, ahead of Saint-Nazaire with 41 and Chaumont with 40.
Saint-Nazaire is the big surprise of this season since it is in the first division, having risen to the first division after winning Liga B, second division in the 2021/2022 season.
The West of France team has two Portuguese-speaking athletes: the Portuguese Lourenço Martins and the Cape Verdean Hélder Spencer.
Last weekendon the 19th day, Saint-Nazaire defeated Paris at the Pierre Charpy pavilion, in the Parisian capital, by three sets to zero with the partials of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-22.
The best player of the game was Hélder Spencerfor the fourth time in the season, the ‘MVP’.
The Cape Verdean athlete has been a prominent figure in the French team. He is the best centre-back in the League, the second best scorer on the team with 261 points, and the 16th best scorer in the league.
Born in Cape Verde, Hélder Spencer has represented several clubs: Leixões, Castêlo da Maia, Esmoriz and Fonte do Bastardo in Portugal, being the first experience in France with Saint-Nazaire where he arrived last season when the club was still in the second division.
In an exclusive interview with RFI, Hélder Spencer admitted that the will is always to win with Saint-Nazairekeeping your feet firmly on the ground, he who addressed his ambitions at national team level of a sport that he didn’t even like when he started practicing as he revealed to us.
But before that, Hélder Spencer analyzed the triumph against Paris and the incredible season this Saint-Nazaire team is having.
Hélder Spencer, Saint Nazaire athlete 02-06-2023
Helder Spencer30-year-old Cape Verdean athlete, shares the locker room with Lourenço Martins.
The 25-year-old Portuguese athletewho already represented Castêlo da Maia, Sporting de Espinho and Sporting Clube de Portugal where he was crowned champion, addressed the triumph of Saint-Nazaire on this 19th day and spoke of his teammate, Hélder Spencer.
Lourenço Martins, athlete from Saint Nazaire 06-02-2023
It should be noted that Lourenço Martins, an athlete from Saint-Nazaire, has also represented Tourcoing in France.
There are seven days left for the end of the championship. To move on, for the play-offs to define the French champion, it is necessary to be among the eight best teams in League A.
It should be noted that the current holder of the title of Champion, Montpellier, occupies the eighth place with 28 points.
This brings us to the end of this Sports Magazine.
