Will the Boxers be on the attack this season? This is the question that coach Olivier Dimet asks himself. “We were on a new cycle, we wanted to be in the continuity of what we had seen while improving it. We kept 70% of the team but we wanted to improve the attack because we finished last in the championship. We tried to optimize the budget that was made available to us. We are very happy with our recruitment, we like what we have seen from the start, we can’t wait to see this team there in championship configuration.“
With a little more financial leeway than the previous summer, the Boxers managed to bring in five forwards. The Italian-Canadian Massimo Carozza, the Finnish Karri Forsblom and the Latvian Nikita Jevpalovs put down their skates in Gironde. And the club has bet on two sure values of the championship, two French internationals. Peter Valier, who returns to the fold after three seasons in Grenoble, and Fabien Colotti in search of a new challenge after his time in Gap.
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“That’s why I’m hereexplains the latter, to have these responsibilities, this weight on your shoulders. It was important for me and for the Boxers so we agree on that.“
Eighth last season and dryly beaten by the Brûleurs de Loup in the quarter-finals, Bordeaux would like to maintain an irreproachable state of mind, be more regular and be spared from cascading injuries to climb a few steps.
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“Of course we will tryassures goalkeeper Clément Fouquerel who is entering his sixth season at the club. The season is long, there will be ups and downs. This is where we will have to come together as a team to be the best possible to still get points. Of course, there are the big three in front. Behind, from 4th to last place, we are all part of the same championship to seek a place in the playoffs.“
After an encouraging preparation phase (three victories and a defeat in overtime in Rouen), the Boxers hope like last year to leave in cannonball but it will not be easy since they will face during the first five days the three cadors of the Magnus League, Grenoble, Rouen and Angers