Basket / Elite. Abdoulaye Loum (after JDA Dijon
Abdoulaye Loum (inside JDA Dijon): “Losing in front of our home crowd in this way, it’s not us, it’s not the JDA, it’s not Dijon. I was a little stung by the gap in the match at this I tried to build up the intensity and tell the others not to give up. We have already given up a lot of matches like that, it was not the game to give up. To end up at -19 in front our audience, it’s not normal. We won, that’s good, but it’s not us. Everyone was stung, we all talked, Jacques, me, David. We didn’t has never done that with us, it is not possible to be beaten in all the duels, not to defend. I tried to bring this intensity, this energy … “
Nenad Markovic (JDA Dijon coach): “Everything we had worked, prepared, we did nothing of all that for three quarters! Nothing in defense, nothing in attack. We did not organize any attack, with individual efforts of David (Holston ) most of the time, we couldn’t stop any action from them, we were beaten one on one, whatever the position. It created a lot of energy. We started to shoot, with Toni (Katic), Robin (Ducoté), and Abdou (Loum) were everywhere. But we don’t make this type of comeback every day, it’s an incredible, epic comeback. “
Cédric Heitz (coach of Châlons / Reims): “We had a stranglehold on the game, in control, and we defend pretty well. In the last quarter, the defense increased by a tone in the face, we made gross mistakes, we locked ourselves in corners, whatever the (opposing) defense wants… The loss of ball is increasing. David Holston, as usual, puts in big shots to finish the match. We had of course targeted Holston and Ware who were controlled. We wanted to lower Holston’s percentage but it’s difficult to stop such a player even if the defenders took turns on him, he knew how to make the right choices and the others played their part. There is a lot of disappointment. is positive to be +19 away, I congratulate the Dijon team. We learn from each match, but it hurts more to learn like that. “
Neal Sako (inside Châlons / Reims): “We panicked, lost some balls and the public pushed behind … Apart from the 7-0 at the start, we had played well for three quarters, it’s frustrating. Normally with such a gap (+19), we do not We must not let it slip away. We have a chance to play quickly in the Coupe de France, to move on to another choose, but it’s still regrettable… ”