Villeneuve-sur-Lot. The Leopards can make a move in Toulouse
Sunday at 2:30 p.m., another Elite 1 championship match for Villeneuve XIII, which travels to Toulouse. The Villeneuvois are still looking for a first success this season.
Admittedly, they have not yet won a match this season, admittedly they have won 50 points with the Carcassonne leader but the Leopards can believe it this Sunday afternoon in Toulouse. “It’s a meeting that we have obviously targeted and which is more within our reach than last weekend in Carcassonne” confides coach Constant Villegas. The latter knows full well that this is a year of transition with an experimental team and that the victories will not be legion, but he also knows that his group is capable of hooking certain Elite 1 teams. Domec and against a big machine in the championship, when we managed to keep and move the ball, we could achieve great things. It’s a shame that in the second half, we mainly let go mentally.”
In the pink city and facing a young opponent who has also just taken a small spanking in front of Limoux (19-48), Thomas Lasvenes’ teammates will have to produce play, while not confusing speed with haste either. It will also be a question of compensating for the fewest possible faults so as not to give the stick to be beaten. “Even if the situation is currently complicated, we will have to give everything on the ground and empty our guts before the confectioners’ truce” continues the Villeneuve XIII coach. A success in Haute-Garonne obviously worked well in the minds of Villeneuvoises and would reward all the work of the leaders this summer. “The most important thing for us was that the club could go back to Elite 1. In such a short time and with a strongly overhauled formation, we should not expect miracles”. In the meantime, the Leopards of Aquitaine will have to play their luck thoroughly on Sunday in Toulouse to hope to finally reap a first success during the 2022-2023 financial year.