Cities Trophy: The triumph of Toulouse
This November 21, in Grande-Synthe, Toulouse one Sunday won the final of the Trophée des Villes 2021. The representatives of the Pink City beat Marseille 3-1, dispatching the decisive triplet (13-2).
They had been around for a long time, finally the triumph for Toulouse! Rocky Rathqueber, Diego Ivanovitch and Paul and Bryan Faurel win the Cities Trophy. In the final, the Toulousains benefit from Marseille in a one-way triplet (13-2). The cousins of the southwest take the title after failing in the final in 2019.
The best start to the Pink City
Already in the first doublet, Toulouse opened the scoring with a lead of three points. The Phocéens on the sidelines then equalize at 3-3 in the third lead. Anthony Cortes and Mayron Baudino really accelerate in the next stage by scoring four points to cross the mid-game (7-3). It is a double for the Marseillais, since the following is also four points for the representatives of the Bouches-du-Rhône (11-3). Diego Ivanovitch and Rocky Rathqueber lose 13-3, offering a valuable point to Marseille.
Back to back after doublets
In the second doublet, the Phocéens Jordan Clodic and Richard Hovaguimian team up against Bryan and Paul Faurel. The kid Clodic connects the diamonds but the Faurels are more efficient. The Toulousains sign a lucrative six points and fly (9-1). Largely led, the Marseillais try to save the setting by shooting the goal, without success. The representatives of Haute-Garonne command and win 13-1. Toulouse and Marseille are tied, everything is played on the triplet.
Patina de Marseille, a chain of Toulouse
The first end is laborious, the players probably caught by the stakes and the tension of a final. Toulouse is doing the best by opening the scoring with three entry points. Rocky Rathqueber, very good at the end of the drive for the Ville Rose, prevents a big Marseille brand by shooting his last ball. The gunner offers an additional point to his team (0-4). On the next stage, Rathqueber, he crashes a car: Toulouse continues on its still launched (0-8).
The success of Haute-Garonne
There is fire for the Phocaeans. Baudino relaunches the formation of 13 with a diamond, Hovaguimian finds his address in point. The two teams further increase their level and Marseille takes off to score (2-8). While a surge of hope is reborn among the Marseillais, the Toulouse residents continue at their frantic pace. The representatives of Haute-Garonne take advantage of unfavorable failures to thread the points like pearls, with new three points in one leads (2-11). The Toulousains sealed their victory in the next round, the Haute-Garonne team lifted the Trophée des Villes.
The reaction of Philippe Rouquié (Toulouse)
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