Volleyball: too often ghostly, the Arago of Sète raises some concerns

Having failed at the net as well as in reception, Hugo De Leon logically ended up on the bench. MIDI LIBRE – Jérôme Belluire

The match lost this Sunday, December 15 against Paris (2-3) saw a Sète team suffer, without reaction.

When one Sète player is better, two others disappear. This is a bit of the observation of the moment, which led Arago to fold once again without glory or honors this Sunday.

Too little, too late

Totally ghostly during the first two sets, on the verge of giving up in the second with a score that went from 5-5 to 6-15, the Sète team is worrying. And even if, after six consecutive sets without going beyond 18 points, they finally reacted, carried by an omnipresent Rippert, it was too little, too late. “It's inexplicable”, declares Luc Marquet. “It's becoming worrying to start matches like that. We suffer, we don't take any initiative… We try magic tricks in coaching but it can't work all season. We lack levers. »

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The “grinta” is not there

The players are clearly pampered and supported. They were also aware that by playing on Sunday and therefore having an extra day of recovery, they could gain places in the rankings. But nothing works, the “grinta” is not there. “There is no physical fatigue”, continues the Sète coach. “Should we go through a collective round table”? It is perhaps in the life of the team that we must find a solution, although I do not believe that there is any abscess to burst. We gave them a break of a few days, the staff has one too. Hoping that the break will do some good. »

In a championship where everything seems possible, Arago still has hope of seeing the playoffs. But not as it is. So things will have to change. « We are going to have a big work session when we resume, even if it means playing tired in Tourcoing on the 29th. We are going to work, work, work. At some point, it is no longer technical or tactical solutions that will help.  »

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