Chartres to the test of Covid-19, on the floor of Calais
Better start 2022 than they have concluded 2021. It is with this imperative that the Chartraines will set foot on the floor of their counterparts in Calais, this Saturday (8 pm).
But before that, as is the trend of the moment, they will be successfully acquitted of their PCR test. Struck by the Covid at the time of the resumption of training, on December 28, three players in the workforce repeated themselves under health protocol at the time of departure for Pas-de-Calais on Friday. “We are hopeful that we will get one back. This will allow us to reach the minimum quota of seven players to play an L2 match, which, at least at our level, is not threatened ”, warns, not without caution, Benoît Marty.
A technician whose task has not been started for ten days, despite an early recovery: “To train at seven, eight or nine, it is not easy to work the systems. The basket is played five against five, ”he laments, not forgetting that the CCBF is not the only one to go through the 12th day reduced. “I expect reports this weekend, knowing that until the end of the regular phase, there is only one weekend off. It therefore risks increasing the frequency of meetings, ”warns Marty.
Especially since the dynamics of his team are far from being in good shape, with three defeats conceded in the last four Ligue 2 meetings, between the 8th and 11th days.
The Chartraines bow to Montbrison for their last of the year
The month of respite enjoyed by the Chartraines (they did not play the weekend of December 18), 5th in the standings just one point from a trio made up of Strasbourg, Toulouse and Châlons-Reims, will it was enough to repair the injuries accumulated since September?
Without Ginette Mfutila?
The answer will emerge this Saturday from the Calypso room in Calais. It remains to be seen whether the Chartraines will display the conquering face of the first seven games of the season, or that, much less dashing, of the last four. The performance of the American Rayte’a Long, clumsy against Montbrison (0/7 shooting) will necessarily be scrutinized, especially as the participation of the two inside Nahan Niaré and Ginette Mfutila, the most skilful player in the division (63, 2% pass), is very uncertain.
David Berthélem