France: 2023/24 season starts today with a great game between titleholders Tours and newcomers Saint-Jean d’Illac! 3-2

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The new season of French Championship, under the name of Marmara Spike League, started today with a nail-biting clash between defending champions Tours, who won also the national Supercup against Chaumont, exactly a week ago, and newcomers Saint Jean D’Illac.
A clash ended at tie break (25:19, 21:25, 25:23, 23:25, 15:12) in favor of the hosts Tours, and after 2 hours and 33 minutes of play!
To make the difference the 14 winning blocks, against 7 of the rivals, and a greatest concentration in the decisive fifth set but, above all, in the fourth one in which they had to recover from a dangerous 16-21 (but it wasn’t enough, as Saint Jean managed to win the set with the minimum gap, 23-25).
MVP of the match Antoine Pothron with 16 points to his name through 47% in attack and 1 block, while two players shared the title as top scorer: Aboubacar Drame Neto, for Tours (4 of his team’s 7 aces, 2 blocks and 41% in attack) and Lucas Lilembo on the other side of the net (43% in attack and 2 blocks).
Both scored 17 points.
Tomorrow the others, including an interesting remake of last season’s quarterfinals, a series ended after five games, Chaumont-Saint Nazaire!

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🇫🇷| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2023/24 | JOURNÉE 1 | Round 1

👉🏼Friday October 20, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Saint-Jean d’Illac 3-2 (25:19, 21:25, 25:23, 23:25, 15:12)

Saturday October 21, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Montpellier 3-0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:17)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sète – Tourcoing 1-3 (25:16, 20:25, 20:25, 16:25)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Paris 0-3 (23:25, 16:25, 28:30)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis Robinson – Poitiers 0-3 (23:25, 22:25, 23:25)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Toulouse 3-2 (23:25, 25:21, 22:25, 25:22, 15:13)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Saint Nazaire 3-0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:14)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 2
2. Saint-Jean d’Illac 0
3. Chaumont
4. Montpellier
5. Nantes Rezé
6. Narbonne
7. Nice
8. Paris
9. Plessis Robinson
10. Poitiers
11. Sète
12. Saint Nazaire
13. Toulouse
14. Tourcoing

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🇫🇷| NEXT GAMES| JOURNÉE 2 | Round 2

Friday October 27, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Sète

Saturday October 28, 2023
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Tours
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Jean d’Illac – Plessis Robinson
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Narbonne
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint Nazaire – Nice

Sunday October 29, 2023
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Nantes Rezé
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Poitiers

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