It is true that after his feat in front of Angers a little over a month ago, we expected much better from the PPCV on Sunday at Cergy-Pontoise. But in the Paris region, the villeneuvoise mechanics got a little stuck in the face of a formation aiming for a top of the table. The Russian Alexey Liventsov was the only table tennis player from Lot-et-Garonnais to have pocketed a small set in his purse in front of former European champion Emmanuel Lebesson. Because neither Olajide Omotayo, nor Jules Cavaillé respectively opposed to Alexis Lebrun and Quentin Robinot managed to win a round, clearly dominated by their opponents of the day.
It was therefore a day without for the Marc David team who returned to the banks of the Lot with a zero point, having failed to collect a single point. We are therefore expecting a strong reaction from the Villeneuvois this evening (7 p.m.) at the evening complex with the arrival of Romagne, the current runner-up of this proA. The task promises to be complicated for the PPCV which will find in its path two former players Nima Alamian and Romain Ruiz but also the Chinese Tianyuan Chen, always formidable and efficient behind a table.
If the teammates of Admir Duranspahic want to “outperform” against the players of Maine-et-Loire, they will have to put the same ingredients as in front of Angers in terms of intensity of play, aggressiveness and regularity in the exchanges. Alexey Liventsov and Omatoyo will have to regain all their efficiency and energy in the face of serious clients. As for Jules Cavaillé, he will have to evolve without the slightest complex, showing himself very mentally.
If it will not be the favorite in its room against a big cap like Romagna, the PPCV will have to tell itself that anything is possible in a match and that the proA championship always has some nice surprises in store for us.
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