In the fog after its last two defeats, Limoges will try to rekindle the flame with the arrival of the Swiss Kadetten Schaffhausen this Tuesday evening.
Time for the third day of the European League for Limougauds with several questions to answer.
1. Is the HL physically blunted? Mentally?
The meeting in Lisbon gave the impression of Limougeauds without any spring or even without the juice to get their heads above water. This was also true on Friday at Saint-Raphaël where Alberto Entrerrios’ players had difficulty recovering in the continuity of the match. With six matches played in nineteen days, are Matej Hrstic and his comrades paying for this sequence which is as heavy as it is new for them? “Perhaps it actually weighs on us physically,” notes the Spanish coach. There may also be a mental issue. Against Toulouse, we felt that our defeat in Montpellier had dealt us a blow. In Saint-Raphaël, it was the same following our setback in Lisbon. Now, not everything has to be thrown away either. We achieved some good sequences, in Saint-Raphaël in particular. And we must also emphasize that we had two very good teams against us.”
Without ruling out the fatigue factor, Alberto Entrerrios in fact mainly points out the technical aspect. “We paid for our mistakes, our inaccuracies, our haste…, analyzes the Limougeaud coach. We made passes in the zone, bad blocks, and we got punished on counter-attacks. Likewise, we had situations where we found ourselves in numerical superiority and it was us who suffered the consequences. This is not linked to fatigue but to a lack of control.”
