Villeneuve-sur-Lot. In front of Rouen, will the PPCV see the light again?
On Sunday, the PPCV travels to Rouen for the first ProA match of this year 2022. The Villeneuvois are keen to break their black streak.
At the start of the New Year, it’s time for wishes and good resolutions. For 2022, the wish of Marc David’s club will obviously be to quickly get out of the tunnel and find the light. Because since the XXL feat recorded in front of the reigning French champion Angers, there has been a real power failure in the workforce led by coach Admir Duranspahic. “We know that on paper, we are weaker than our opponents, but behind the table, I want combat, pride and a bit of madness” keeps hammering the man from Villeneuve-sur-Seine. Sunday, it is the Rouen leader who arrives at the sports complex. The opportunity for the table tennis players of the bastide to revolt and adopt very different attitudes than the last 4 outings, which ended in dotted zeros. “At the risk of being a little minimalist, the objective in this match will be to take at least one point” admits Admir Duranspahic. Especially since the players of Seine-Maritime do not box in the same category as the residents of the Lot, aiming for a title of champion of France at the end of the season. Rouen will still be able to draw on the experience of its old Austrian warrior Robert Gardos (42) but also on the talent of Alexandre Robinet and on the technical qualities of the Hungarian Adam Szudi and the young Belgian Adrien Rassenfosse. If on the scoresheet, this showdown will seem quite unbalanced, we hope, however, that the Russian Alexey Liventsov who should make his comeback, the Nigerian Olajide Omotayo but also Jules Cavaillé and Johan Derit will be honored in the jersey and will pose problems for this beautiful Rouen winning machine.