They will give their all in front of their home crowd to play the finalists’ match on Sunday morning at 10:15 AM, and most importantly, to win, which would allow them to play the return final match at home…!
The final will be played on May 5th at the second team’s home for the first leg, and on June 2nd at the first team’s home for the return match, with a tiebreaker match on June 3rd if necessary.
They have taken their preparation seriously and have remained diligent in training even during the Easter school holiday period, to give themselves the best chance to end these playoffs well, and above all, to maintain mental and physical strength up to the finale, whose quirky schedule, 1 month between the two games, severely tests concentration and mental endurance.
Erick Lefert (Sports Director): “We need to confirm the good results from the previous round. We won’t be safe until we play the final!”
On Friday, the girls will play a training match with the Italian team from Rapallo at 5 PM at the Piol pool to get into the playoff mood, and then we will go to Italy on May 1st, 3 days before the first final match, to conclude the first part of the preparation, if we are in the final!
Afterwards, we will have a month to take care of injuries, heal the wounded, train again with the Italians, and motivate ourselves for the last round!”
Schedule of the meetings:
Saturday, April 21: Nice-Annonay (9 PM) and Nancy-Bordeaux (7:45 PM)
Sunday, April 22: Finals for the losers (9 AM) and the winners (10:15 AM)
The meetings will take place at the Jean Bouin Sports Palace in Nice.
