France: leaders Tours destroy Poitiers in advance of Round 22

Round 22 of 2022/23 Ligue A started today without upsets.
As predicted, clear home win of leaders Tours who, in just 112 minutes and despite the absence of Drame Neto, on the bench, literally destroyed No.11 in the standings Poitiers. Partially it was 25:16, 25:9 (!!!) and 26:24.
It was, in fact, only in third set that the visiting side react, also gained a +2 lead, but only at the very start of the set, 6-8. Then it was very balanced, but nothing to do, and the game ended in straight sets.
The winners were absolutely better in all elements: 15 winning blocks (4 from Dmytro Teryomenko) to 7, 7 aces to 0, 48% in attack vs. 35%, 74% positive reception (45% perfect) to 45% and 11% of Poitiers.
It was the same Teryomenko the most prolific player of the match with his 14 points through 70% in attack (7/10), 3 aces and the above mentioned 4 winning blocks.
Gabriel Candido scored 10 points on the losing side.
Tours are now, at least temporarily, at +9 from runners-up Nantes, who will face tomorrow second-to-last Plessis-Robinson at home.

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🏐| Ligue A 2022/23 | JOURNÉE 22 | Round 22

👉🏼 Friday February 24, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Poitiers 3-0 (25:16, 25:9, 26:24)

Saturday February 25, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Saint-Nazaire 3-0 (25:22, 25:21, 25:17)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Narbonne 0-3 (16:25, 22:25, 19:25)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Cambrai – Sète 0-3 (15:25, 18:25, 23:25)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Paris 3-0 (25:22, 25:22, 25:23)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Nice 3-1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:22, 25:13)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Plessis-Robinson 3-0 (25:22, 25:17, 25:21)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 53
2. Nantes 44
3. Tourcoing 41
4. Saint Nazaire 41
5. Chaumont 41
6. Narbonne 38
7. Sète 33
8. Montpellier 31
9. Paris 28
10. Nice 22
11. Poitiers 22
12. Toulouse 21
13. Plessis Robinson 19
14. Cambrai 8

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 23 | Round 23

Friday March 3, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Montpellier

Saturday March 4, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Tourcoing
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Tours
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Chaumont
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Nazaire – Cambrai

Sunday March 5, 2023
• 16.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Paris
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Nantes Rezé

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