Forget the inaugural defeat against Challans and try to exist in Poitiers. This will be the mission of Moatassim Rhennam’s men, this Saturday evening, against an opponent who will have had another day of recovery, after a match won without shaking against the Federal Center (66-81), on Monday.
Chartres beaten by Challans on the first day
But Chartres will not show up with all its vital forces in Poitou. Winger Yann Siegwarth and winger Jérémy Ricard-Dorigo are disqualified and far post Paul Bouloukouet, suspended against Challans, continued to treat hamstring pain. “I don’t know if I can count on Paul”, confides a Rhennam also annoyed by the uncertainties surrounding his leader Marc-Antoine Pellin, with the flu. “If I have neither Paul nor Marco it will be very complicated, because I will miss the rotation. We will have to armor the interior … “
“To exist, you have to show character”
Will it be enough to shield the interior to stem the Poitevine waves? Unlike Chartres, the PB86 maintained a backbone of six players including winger Marcus Relphorde, the number 1 danger. Coupe de France) behind Relphorde, and Ivorian Bali Coulibaly, finalist of the N1 play-offs with Lorient, last year.
“It’s a team that already has some automatisms, very strong in the middle of the pitch, which is a step ahead of us. To exist it will be necessary to show character, which was lacking at the end of the match against Challans ”, blows a coach announcing that“ with absences, some will have the opportunity to show themselves ”.
Poitiers (Vienne), this evening at 20.00
Poitiers: Pontens, Chambre, Durand, Relphorde (USA), K. Mendy, Dargenton, Seymour, Jeanne, Coulibaly (CIV). CCBM: Pellin (?), Bouloukouet (?), Doumbia, M’Bodj, Smith (USA), Noël, Mukuna, Haidara.
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The worst start of CCBM in N1M.
Losing 22 points (67-89), to Challans on Tuesday night, Chartres experienced the worst home start since playing in the Federal 3rd Division (2011). There was the nightmare of Saint-Chamond (71-107) in 2018, but he was in ProB. His biggest setback so far, for the first time at home, the CCBM recorded on 3 October 2021, during the 2nd matchday of N1 (after a victorious trip to Besançon), against Andrézieux (61-80) . In eleven seasons in N1, this is the fifth time Chartres has started the championship with a defeat on the floor …
– 2012 (1st day): Chartres – Souffelweyersheim 57-60
– 2014 (1st day): Chartres-Challans 64-67
– 2017 (1st day): Chartres – Gries / Oberhoffen 80-83
– 2021 (2nd day): Chartres – Andrezieux 61-80
– 2022 (1st day): Chartres-Challans 67-89
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Jean-André Prevost
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