Handball: Usamistes… Stop being disillusioned

Tuesday, against MHB, Luc Tobie said he was “proud of the guys. We're still on the same momentum from the last few matches.” MIDI LIBRE – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Nîmes (10th, 10 points) has just won two in a row in the championship and must continue its run against Cesson (12th, 9 points), Friday, December 13 at Parnasse (8 p.m.), for the 14th day of Starligue.

At the end of November 2021, Usam played two matches in three days. Already against Montpellier, in the championship, in Hérault (defeat 29-32), three days after sharing the points (25-25) in Schaffausen (Switzerland), in the European League.

Three years have passed and here is the Green team finding, this week, the rhythm of a match every three days. Seventy-two hours after the MHB (22-28) in the Coupe de France, Nîmes, which records the return of Brazilian left-back Costa Da Silva (hand), receives Cesson, in D1.

''Physically, it's fine, we experienced that during a period at Usam'', recalled Luc Tobie on Tuesday, in a post-match press conference, referring to the European years.

Two defeats against Cesson last season

The only difference, but a big one; on the floor, forgotten the EHF evenings for Usam, (only) 7th last season, there 10th after 13 days and with other priorities in the short term.
''We are moving forward step by step'', indicated the president of Nîmes David Tebib, Tuesday, before the derby.

If the step was too high against the Héraultais, it already seems easier to climb against the Bretons. ''We're going to do everything to win Cesson with a real team, as we saw this evening'', Tobie noted after the Cup.

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The right back remained cautious, however:''Last season, we had a hard time against them. At home, we got spanked (- 6, 24-30) and, at theirs, it was the same (- 9, 26-35). We have to take them seriously and play the best game possible to win this victory that would really do us good.''

Snuggling up in the soft underbelly of the standings

If there is success, it would be good for the head, for the legs and, even more, for the standings. And could even allow Nîmes, just before winter, to settle in the soft underbelly. If the Parnasse crowd found “their” Usam against the MHB, the opponent, too, did not fail to highlight the values ​​of the green house.

''I found a Nîmes grinta that makes them capable of beating everyone. I hope they keep that up for the rest of the season'', noted, classy, ​​the Montpellier native Valentin Porte. Nîmes, who has no European Cup this season and no more the Coupe de France, knows what it has left to do in the championship.

The Brazilian Costa Da Silva is back in the group

Absent since the competition since October 6 and the reception of Nantes following a broken thumb Luciano Costa Da Silva, who was expected at the resumption of the championship, mid-February 2025, is ahead of the times.

The Brazilian left-back is even in the USAMist group for the reception of Cesson. The Gard infirmary has only one resident left: Boiba Sissoko, in the rehabilitation phase (cruciate ligaments of the knee).

The group: Pardin, Soyez (l.). Rebichon, Vincent, Gibelin, Acquevillo, Costa Da Silva, Tobie, Abdelhak, Derisbourg, Konradsson, Gibernon, Sanad, Peyre, Kamtchop-Baril, Poyet, Kaczor.

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