Fenix Toulouse: the end of the series can wait
Unbeaten for seven days in the league, the Toulousains would like to stay at the end of the last event of the year, tonight, in Aix (8 p.m.).
They will have to make a little more effort this evening, within the framework of the splendid Arena of the Pays d’Aix, where the men of Thierry Anti will wait for them with the greatest suspicion. Obviously, unbeaten in the league since October 23 and their success in Nîmes during the 7th day, the Toulouse, who remain on four successes and three draws, attract the fear of their opponents. And we can trust the Aixois, firmly installed in third place (19 points) behind the leading duo Paris-Nantes, not to lower our guard against Toulouse who, like them, between Starligue, European League and Coupe de the League have been meeting since the beginning of September. This will be the twenty-sixth tonight in three and a half months!
“The danger that awaits us, it would be the lack of concentration,” said Danijel Andjelkovic, aware that relaxation is always possible on the eve of a two-week break eagerly awaited by all his players. So the Fenix coach was careful to keep his group in competition mode. “We must remain ambitious. The objective tonight is to go and play our best handball. We are in a period where we must above all not give up, where we need to be even more focused. sure that everyone is mobilized especially as we are only one point behind the current fourth (Saint-Raphaël, Editor’s note). In this ultra-dense championship, everything will count at the end “, reminder the Toulouse technician who was able to get his team back on track after a hesitant start.
A stabilized game
“Since mid-October, we have stabilized our game and been able to maintain the level”, relishes Danijel Andjelkovic who saw the Spanish wisp Erik Balenciaga take control successfully, but also the revelation of the right-hander Erwin Feuchtmann on the post of right back where he did better than compensate for the long absence of Ayoub Abdi (10 weeks) now back. “Erwin Feuchtmann was very efficient and very valuable. I did not think he would adapt so quickly to this position, especially on his shots between positions 1 and 2 where it is really not easy for a right placed at right “, appreciates Andjelkovic. The defense also picked up the pace in front of an invigorated Jef Lettens who will still be on the front line tonight, against Aixois who have stumbled only twice this season, including one against the untouchable PSG …