France: Round 6 – Tourcoing again to the top! Nantes and Chaumont chase them. Another defeat for Tours and Narbonne

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Waiting for the game that will close the mid-week Round 6 of 2023/24 Marmara Spike League between Montpellier and Plessis Robinson, scheduled tomorrow at 8pm Local Time, the other six games were played today and not without upsets.
To the top Tourcoing again, who struggled only in first set on the field of Paris, and then managed to close the game without other problems, 0-3 (23:25, 12:25, 19:25).
For the current leaders, this was the 6th victory in as many games, without losing a single point!
Decisive, once again, Argentina National Team opposite Pablo Koukartsev, top scorer of the game with 16 points, all in attack, through 57%.
Behind them, with 16 points Nantes Rezé, who easily defeated at home newcomers Saint-Jean d’Illac in a clean 3-0 (25:16, 25:14, 25:19) after 1 hours and 14 minutes of play and with 5 players in double digit!
Top scorer of the game a great Chizoba Neves Atu with 16 points to his name with 1 ace and 75% in attack 15/20 with only one error and blocked once, followed by Petrus Montes, who attacked with the same percentage but also added 4 winning blocks, Mathis Henno and Hugo De Leon Guimarães with 11 each, and Simon Magnin with 10.
Only Lucas Lilembo ended the game in double digit, with 11 points, for the visiting side, now at 12th place in the current charts with 3 points, just like titleholders Tours (who suffered another defeat today, more precisely the No.5 in a row, on the field of Saint Nazaire, in just three sets, partially 26:24, 25:18 and 25:22), and Nice who, after winning their first game at tie break against Toulouse, earned a point today.
And they did it after an exciting home game against super favorite Chaumont, now at third place in the standings with 15 points.
After first two sets played on a very high level, the hosts, without starting opposite Simon Hirsch and libero Landon Currie, suffered Chaumont’s comeback, and then surrendered only at 15-17 of decisive fifth set, 2-3 (25:15, 25:19, 18:25, 19:25, 15:17).
Decisive the attacks of MVP Victor Cardoso, who ended the game with 16 points to his name including 3 aces, 1 block and 67% in attack, while top scorer Patrick Indra added 22 points (54% in attack and 3 blocks).
Absolutely better in blocking, with 13 points from this element against Chaumont’s 6, Nice was able to count on François Rebeyrol and Luis Paolinetti, who scored 18 points apiece (PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH).
The last two games of the day ended in straight sets.
All easy for Sète, who won on the field of a bad Poitiers, who fought only at the very start of third set, 0-3 (20:25, 18:25, 20:25), with 22 points from opposite Celestin Cardin (67% in attack, 1 ace and 1 block).
No problem also for Toulouse, who easily down last-placed and still winless Narbonne at home, after 1 hours and 21 minutes of play (25:18, 25:15, 25:23).
They did it with 15 points from top scorer Julien Winkelmuller (74% in attack, including 1 ace), 11 from Maxime Hervoir and 10 from German middle blocker Florian Krage, while on the losing side no player reached a double digit.

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🇫🇷| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2023/24 | JOURNÉE 6 | Round 6

Tuesday November 14, 2023

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Nice – Chaumont 2-3 (25:15, 25:19, 18:25, 19:25, 15:17)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Saint-Jean d’Illac 3-0 (25:16, 25:14, 25:19)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Tourcoing 0-3 (23:25, 12:25, 19:25)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Sète 0-3 (20:25, 18:25, 20:25)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Narbonne 3-0 (25:18, 25:15, 25:23)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint Nazaire – Tours 3-0 (26:24, 25:18, 25:22)

Wednesday November 15, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Plessis Robinson 3-1 (25:20, 25:22, 21:25, 25:19)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tourcoing 18
2. Nantes Rezé 16
3. Chaumont 15
4. Toulouse 13
5. Montpellier 11
6. Saint Nazaire 10
7. Sète 9
8. Paris 8
9. Plessis Robinson 7
10. Poitiers 6
11. Tours 3
12. Saint-Jean d’Illac 3
13. Nice 3
14. Narbonne 1

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🇫🇷| NEXT GAMES| JOURNÉE 7 | Round 7

Friday November 17, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Nantes Rezé

Saturday November 18, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Poitiers
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Toulouse
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Plessis Robinson
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Saint Nazaire
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Saint-Jean d’Illac

Sunday November 19, 2023
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Nice

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