"A good job match"

Chartres delivered a big opposition to Caen Basket Calvados, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 in a friendly match in Flers. The Caenais finally won. Interview with Fabrice Courcier.

Posted on August 28, 19 at 10:21

Caen and Chartres, two teams relegated from Pro B, delivered a very nice match to FlersTuesday, August 27, 2019. The CBC won the duel with a better finish, but it was long abused by a seductive formation Chartraine. The reactions of Fabrice Courcier.

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Sport in Caen: Fabrice, we imagine you satisfied with this match where you showed the respondent facing a good training.

Fabrice Courcier: Chartres was good. In my opinion, it will be the favorite on Pool A. We started the game well in intensity. Chartres then raised its own degree of intensity, especially defensively. We then suffered in the second quarter. We struggled to keep going at the beginning of the third quarter. Over the length of the match, we managed to adapt. We've seen pretty consistent things on the last quarter and we managed to make the difference in the last four minutes. It was rather a good job match.

The second quarter seemed a bit messy …

Yes, it was rough, we ran out of space, we ran out of fluidity, the balloon was stopped too much, we did not run enough. It's a bit related to the lack of work. We tried to reposition some small elements at half-time. We especially insisted on the fact that it was necessary to last in the intensity. We were very slow at the beginning of the third quarter, but the last 14 minutes were pretty good.

The reactions of William Pfister, new interior Caen: "It was a good match, with a lot of intensity. We are in the work phase and we knew we had to maintain this intensity. It made the difference in the last quarter. In the intensity, we were close to an official match, especially since we could play hard given the fact that the referees have little whistle. Personally, I feel good in the team. There are still some automatisms to take. It's getting better. "

It's reassuring to see that your bench depth is already decisive?

That's what we want to rely on. Having ten players virtually interchangeable gives me the ability to strike more easily on the intentions of the game, the initiative, and also impacts adversaries on the length of the game. It's a good help. Now, it requires a big will from everyone. It also requires everyone to raise their intensity at all times on the ground. We were pretty good, but we went through it from time to time.

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There was a real intensity and commitment in this match: it gives the bases vis-à-vis a competition framework?

We did a lot of physics since the beginning of the preparation. The collective work was relatively small since we waited for the return of Maurice Acker. We have adjusted things offensively, we have not talked much about defense. We collect 80 points, it's a little too much. This is partly because Chartres has done some very effective things, but it is also linked to mistakes on our part. Overall, the fact that we can have this intensity allows us to put the hand on the game at a given moment. Even at -8 or -9, we feel we have the ability in two, three minutes to come back and pass in front.

It was Maurice Acker's first match: what did you think?

Maurice has made the match he is able to do. It can impact the opposing teams on scoring, so score a lot of points, and he is also altruistic. He is able to pass the ball to his partners. That's why it's a player who passes very well in a collective. He has the double cap of altruistic player and scorer. We know he is fast, he can disturb the opponent by sequences of dribbling. The fact that this is his first game gives us a few expectations in the cohesion that can be with each. It will be necessary for others to learn to play with him and vice versa.

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