France: Nantes destroy Saint Nazaire in advance of Round 21 to take 2nd place!

Round 21 of 2022/23 Ligue A started today with the “Derby de l’Atlantique” between Nantes and Saint Nazaire who had the same number of points in the standings prior this game.

However, what supposed to be a big match, as both sides were to the second place in the current charts behind leaders Tours, the clash was resolved in just three sets (25:18, 25:22, 25:13).
Saint Nazaire, newcomers and a great surprise in Ligue A, basically fought only in the very beginning of first two sets, to collapse definitely in the third, ended 25-13.
The hosts, on the other hand, played an almost perfect game with a great performance in blocking, scoring 12 points from this element (5 by top scorer Chizoba Neves Atu, the only player in double digit on the winning side, who ended the game with 21 points through 60% in attack) against the only three of Saint Nazaire, and a solid performance also in reception and attack.

Waiting for Chaumont, another team with which they shared the same number of points in the standings, and who will face Sète tomorrow, Nantes is now alone to the second place, -3 from leaders Tours (who will play tomorrow at home against last-placed Cambrai).

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🏐| Ligue A 2022/23 | JOURNÉE 21 | Round 21

| Friday February 17, 2023
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Saint-Nazaire 3-0 (25:18, 25:22, 25:13)

| Saturday February 18, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | 18.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Toulouse 3-1 (25:19, 25:21, 23:25, 25:13)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Montpellier 3-1 (21:25, 25:19, 25:19, 25:19)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Narbonne 3-0 (25:23, 25:22, 25:23)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Tourcoing 1-3 (25:23, 21:25, 27:29, 18:25)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Séte – Chaumont 3-1 (21:25, 26:24, 25:18, 25:23)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Cambrai 3-0 (25:16, 25:20, 25:20)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 47
2. Nantes 44
3. Saint Nazaire 41
4. Chaumont 41
5. Tourcoing 38
6. Narbonne 38
7. Montpellier 31
8. Sète 30
9. Paris 25
10. Poitiers 22
11. Toulouse 21
12. Nice 19
13. Plessis Robinson 16
14. Cambrai 8

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 21 | Round 22

Friday February 24, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Poitiers

Saturday February 25, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Saint-Nazaire
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Narbonne
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Poitiers
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Cambrai – Sète
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Paris
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Nice
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Plessis-Robinson

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