“We saw the power of the team when it is running at 100% of its pistons. Maintaining Saint-Chamond at 73 points is a top performance. The team must be congratulated. We learned the lessons of the Fos match by getting off to a very, very good start. We wore them out over four quarters. Saint-Chamond has a lot of shooters, feeds on defensive errors. As soon as we fuck the guard, she punishes, which allowed her to come back and even equalize. The executives knew how to make the difference and manage the pressure. That’s also why they are there, they are reassuring. [Sur la place de leader]I am first happy to see smiles on faces. It’s anecdotal but I don’t want to look at what others are doing. We must not minimize tonight’s performance [NDLR : mardi 3 décembre]. »
Cyrille Eliezer-Vanerot, Boulazac winger
“Unlike the match against Fos, we had a good start to the match. We knew it wouldn’t be easy. We pulled away at the end of the match. We didn’t panic, we were never led. We made mistakes, we lost balls so that allowed them to come back to score each time. They score winning baskets and the match immediately becomes more complicated. At the end of the match, the Palio pushed us. »
Maxime Nelaton, coach of Saint-Chamond
“The first two minutes, we’re on the bus and the last three, we’re down 11-0 and it’s difficult to recover. These air gaps can be explained because we are a team at the end of preparation. We had found chemistry, things that worked but we had to change several players. We are not ready to come and play these kinds of matches. To hope to bring something back from here, against a talented Boulazac team, you have to play forty minutes. »
