Anglet Hormadi has never been so close to their first victory. Finally, the English hockey players have to settle for a defeat in overtime against the Rouen Dragons (4-5) this Friday, September 30, on the occasion of the seventh day of Ligue Magnus in front of a little over a thousand spectators who came to the La Barre ice rink. A sixth loss, in as many games, after being knocked down.
Those are the Angloys who open mark it and even take off, thanks to a double from young winger Anton Vasilev (03:30 then 16:07, 2-0). But the Normans will reverse the meeting for the first time. Enzo Cantagallo, Kelsey Tessier (in double numerical inferiority) and Tommy Perret thus score in quick succession. Before Hormadi regained the lead thanks to Victor Ranger and Hugo Baron at the end of the second period (38:45) and start of the third (41:45).
Rouen, in no hurry, equalized five minutes from the end of the match with Dylan Yeo before their French international defender Florian Chakiachvili put the coup de grace in Anglet at the start of extra time (60:32). Voluntary, committed, the Angloys sometimes lacked control in pivotal moments, facing a team accustomed to European games. A sixth setback that keeps Hormadi in last place in Ligue Magnus.
“Delag€, dégag€!”
A setback that will not ease tensions within the club, between supporters and management. Just before kick-off of the game, some supporters unfurled banners from the stands from the Barre ice rink. “Delag€, dégag€!”, “Management, resignation”. A man singled out: the president, Grégoire Delage.
These supporters of the English club admit their fed up with a presidency that they consider “absent”. They tell themselves “abandoned”. “An Invisible President”who “never speak, never step up”, citing the case of racism of which a player had been the victim last year against Rouen. ‘It is not the athlete who is the most important’, that’s what he dared to say. It’s very serious for a Ligue Magnus club with the history of Anglet! How can the management of a club allow such nonsense to be said…” “It is urgent to speak out. If we want this club to continue to unite and generate enthusiasm, things have to change”conclude the supporters, saddened by this new defeat. “But we don’t blame the players or the staff, no doubt they could do better and we’ll always be behind them, but we’ve seen for years that this club no longer has a captain, and thatno course is set. There is danger.”