Handball: a match in Sélestat with the feel of a final for the Frontignanais

Retour sur le parquet du Final Four 2024 pour un groupe frontignanais toujours plus soudé. MIDI LIBRE – Jérôme Belluire

The FTHB, leader, closes the first leg this Friday, December 13 (8:30 p.m.) at the third-placed team in Proligue.

We will have to be patient to see the “Black and Gold” again. This Friday evening, the first leg will indeed end and the championship will not resume until February 7, in Caen. In these conditions, there is nothing like a very high-flying poster to mark the occasion.

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Total involvement

Leader, the FTHB will thus challenge the third-placed team, Sélestat, on its home turf. “This is the decisive match”, comments Guillaume Crépain. “We hadn't even dreamed of it, even though we've been thinking about it more and more for the past month.” A new big poster inherent to the current status of the Frontignanais. When you're the boss, the schedule is always busier. And the appointments more important. “I don't know what the result will be, but given the investment and general motivation, I know that the players won't miss this match. As a coach, I think I gave a lot of playing time to as many players as possible so that everyone arrives with confidence. We are growing mentally and we have put all the assets on our side to perform. Our two goalkeepers form the best pair in Proligue in terms of percentage, the youngsters are in demand… Points are one thing. But getting everyone involved was my goal at the start of the season.”

Emotion and memories

It is clear that the formula works wonderfully. And therefore allows the FTHB to offer itself, before the break, a summit match, exhilarating in more ways than one. “It's a very big symbol to end the year in Sélestat, where the team played in the Final Four last year. I won't have to intervene on this point with the players. It must touch their hearts, we can move mountains if we transform this emotion positively.”

A great way to end the year even if, whatever happens, the FTHB will be leader at the end of this match. “It's exceptional to be champion halfway through. What speech will we give in January? Should we change our goals, to give ourselves higher ones? I will not be the only one to decide. We will do this collectively, as we have always done. ” You don't change a winning club.

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