Toulouse. The Fenix wants to stay the course
Three days after their European exploit against Berlin, Toulouse are keen to maintain the momentum.
It was October 9th. Beaten in Dunkirk in the first leg (23-26), Toulouse suffered their fourth defeat in five league games that day. Penultimate, the Fenix was then moribund, weighed down by the injury of Ayoub Abdi, his artificer, and not yet sure of the good integration of his summer recruits (Feuchtmann, Balenciaga, Wagner). Four months later, Danijel Andjelkovic’s men moved up to 6th place and lost just one of their next ten Starligue games! Tonight, if successful against the Northerners, they could even take advantage of a misstep by Chambéry, at home against Nantes, to take fourth place.
“We know the requirements that are ours”
Three days after having defeated Berlin (28-27), finalist of the last European League and undefeated leader of their pool so far, the Toulouse are in full confidence and sheltered from a sin of pride, it seems. he. “We are going quickly because we know the requirements that are ours” thus very quickly recalled their coach a few minutes after the prestigious victory against the Germans. Faced with a Dunkirk team which is squatting at the bottom of the standings (13th) and which will have had only 48 hours of rest since its heavy defeat in Limoges (29-36), Wednesday, the Fenix will recover its captain, Pierrick Chelle, exempted from the midweek European game to better savor the birth of his little Margaux. Touched at the start of the match against Berlin and then preserved, defender Luka Sokolic (elbow) and right-back Matthieu Marmier (hand) should also be operational. Driven by a fiery dynamic, a levitating Jef Lettens in his goals and a collective in unison, the Fenix have a mission to pursue.