Orléans Loiret Basket faces one of the biggest teams in the Betclic Elite championship this Saturday, April 9, 2022. It’s ASVEL, current 3rd, who travels to Loiret with the ambition of seeking first place in the standings at the end of the season in mid-May. But facing them, the people of Orleans and the Palais des Sports in Orléans, fullwill do everything to create the exploit.
Junior Mbida in position 5
Germain Castanothe Orleans coach has to do without his best scorer and rebounder Youssou Ndoyewounded in the left hand. The Senegalese fractured the 4th metatarsal of his left hand in the loss to Monaco. He is off for at least three weeks.. To replace him on the floor this Saturday, April 9, Junior Mbida takes over.
– Julien Frenoy
The 32-year-old player is less tall than Youssou Ndoye, 2.06m against 2.13m. But the pivot intends to make up for this deficit and does not ask any questions for this poster. “I do not tell myself that I have to score 20 points, that I make 15 rebounds for us to win this game, no. I am a different player from Youssou so I have to bring what I know how to do and be irreproachable“And here’s what the player thinks he can bring.”I can play on my defense, my communication. In attack, my little shots and my aggressiveness.”
Ndoye replaced
In the ranks of Villeurbanne, there are great players with in particular Youssoupha Fall which measures 2.21m. The Orleans public will also have the opportunity to discover the prodigy of Villeurbanne Victor Wembanyama. The 18-year-old winger is 2.19m tall and had a remarkable season. In the absence of Ndoye, Mbida is item 5. It is supplemented by Bruno Cingala-Mata. The club are urgently looking for a replacement and seem to have found him. His name will be known very soon. The player should be traveling to Cholet next Tuesday.
The meeting between Orléans Loiret Basket and ASVEL will be played this Saturday April 9, 2022 at 3.15 p.m. at the Palais des Sports in Orléans.