France: victory for all favorites in a Round 20 without postponements
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Round 20 of French Ligue A was completed today without any postponement.
Leaders Tours overwhelmed Tourcoing without any problem (25:21, 25:19, 25:15) attacking with 62% and conceding just 11 errors. The guests, however, were heavily penalized by the absence of Loser, who remain on the bench.
Win of the favorites also in the other matches: Montpellier won
in just 3 sets (36:38, 23:25, 19:25) in Cannes, putting an end to little winning streak lasted 3 match of defending champions, and after having canceled 12 set points in the first set (2 consecutive on 24-22, and closed 36-38 thanks to a winning block over Sossenheimer and an ace by Lazo, and having recovered from 22-20 in the second set. MVP of the match Faure, top scorer with 19 points and 53% in attack (PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH).
Victory also for Narbonne, who earns a position in the current standings after defeating a Cambrai without Tupchii in straight sets (25:19, 25:22, 25:20). Great protagonist of the match Bassereau with 17 points and an excellent 81% in attack.
Another big who takes 3 points was Chaumont, able to recover after having been down 1-0 and 22-21 in the 2nd set.
Close the picture the 2-3 between last-placed Poitiers and Paris, who has recovered the starting opposite Lawani.
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🏐| LIGUE A 2021/22 | Journée 20 – Round 20
Friday | February 4, 2022
• Sète – Nice 0-3 (22:25, 21:25, 19:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• Nantes Rezé – Toulouse 3-2 (25:14, 25:23, 21:25, 21:25, 15:12)
👉🏼 Saturday | February 5, 2022
• Cannes – Montpellier 0-3 (36:38, 23:25, 19:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

• Plessis-Robinson – Chaumont 1-3 (25:21, 25:27, 14:25, 20:25)

• Poitiers – Paris 2-3 (17:25, 26:24, 25:22, 23:25, 9:15)

• Narbonne – Cambrai 3-0 (25:19, 25:22, 25:20)

• Tours – Tourcoing 3-0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:15)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | Journée 21 – Round 21
Thursday | February 10, 2022
• Toulouse – Poitiers
Friday | February 11, 2022
• Nice – Nantes Rezé
• Cambrai – Plessis-Robinson
Saturday| February 12, 2022
• Chaumont – Sète
• Montpellier – Tours
Sunday | February 13, 2022
• Paris – Cannes
• Narbonne – Tourcoing
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