“Teams can play very well or very poorly,” Mladen Kasic tells us from his wealth of experience, “and Avignon beat Rennes at home.” Fortunately for Nice, last night Avignon was in the second option of the Nice coach, and the Azur players solved the problem in just over an hour.
The score is decisive at 3-0 and, except for the third set, when the Vauclusian team took a small advantage (4-8) before being caught up and surpassed (16-15) for a Nice conclusion at a score of 25-21, the other portions of the game were quite comfortable for Captain Mitrovic and his brave team: 25-14 then 25-17.
The absence of Ristic (his third absence with a return expected after Christmas) was less damaging than on other occasions and even had the benefit of allowing the emergence of the young Soane Falafala, who is now a luxury joker for Mladen Kasic.
The weakness of the opponents (all insufficient except for a courageous Renaud Ventresque) does not allow for more than praise towards the Nice team.
After a short break, Nice will go to Rennes for a match that will tell us whether the team is capable of achieving its ambitions.
The upcoming Christmas holidays can only be sober and studious!
