What if Mladen Kasic was right in saying that the goal for this season remains staying up? Losing matches like this certainly makes you think that way!
Another poor performance at home puts Nice in danger in the race for the playoffs as the standings tighten, and the next game will be away at Chaumont, the defending champions, fresh from a setback against the last-place team! Quite the atmosphere…
Against Poitiers, Nice started well by winning the first set 25-21. Then the second set turned into a battle that Poitiers won psychologically after 8 set points, ending with a close 30-32 victory for the visitors.
Riding on this momentum, Poitiers won the third set 25-22, but Nice responded well in the fourth set, reaching a score of 21-16.
Then, catastrophe struck: Poitiers, with the Geiller-Al Hachdadi duo, scored 9 consecutive points and deservedly won the match, while Nice crumbled without glory after nearly 2 hours of play.
In the standings, Nice remains in 8th position (4 wins, 6 losses).
Statistics side: Tupchii 25, Kolev 15, Woch 11. Service: 8 aces, 16 errors; blocks 6.
