“I don’t like to look back, but I’ll tell them to do better than the first twelve minutes of the last game“Germain Castano, coach of the Orleans Loiret Basket men’s team, re-motivated the troops after the loss to Paris and now awaits a final victory against Bourg-en-Bresse in Betclic Elite.
“I don’t like the last matches of the year, the guys already have their plane tickets and sometimes have their heads in it, but this will not be the case only with us, for Bourg-en-Bresse too“he assures before concluding”I am very curious to see how we will behave“.
Expected at the turn
Captain Malela Mutuale says the players stay focused: “holidays are Monday 10:30 p.m., not before“. If the team had bitter defeat, the people of Orleans know that they are expected at the turn : “Bourg-en-Bresse also needs to win, we will have to expect an aggressive team, which will try to jostle us, we will have to keep it simple, and get back to basics“explains Germain Castano. The game will not be easy, he considers:”the atmosphere will be hostile, with a full room“, admitting that these are difficulties that go hand in hand with an away game”against a big team“. Bourg-en-Bresse may well position itself behind the OLB “they are not in their place, they have a team and ambitions above their ranking today“.
To the 11th place in the ranking, OLB players are therefore expected with a firm footing by their opponents and their coach this Monday evening.