The first wishes 2022 of Sebastien Mizoule began to be answered for the start of the new year! “Our goal is already to do a 4/4 in the league during this month of January”, says the ESBF coach when going to challenge Dijon this Wednesday evening for the resumption of D1 / Ligue Butagaz Energie, after a month and a half without club competition (World Cup 2021, then Christmas holidays).
This Burgundy Franche-Comté Go derby was the first of the four scheduled championship matches – and to win, therefore, according to coach Mizoule – until January 26 (in Mérignac, current 9th) for her Bisontine handball players who will also receive the wrongs. classified, Fleury-Loiret (January 12), the red lantern and the promoted Celles-sur-Belle (January 19). And first mission accomplished byESBF who offered this regional derby by going to win (31-33) among the Dijonnaises – where the last Bisontine victory dates back to February 2020 – to which the Franc-Comtoises also steal the 5th place in the ranking at the end of the 10th day.
Without Alizée Frécon-Demouge and Line Uno in the end, but still with the “wall” Roxanne Frank
This sixth success of the season in D1 / LBE was built from the start and with good consistency (2-3, 6 ‘/ 4-7, 12’ / 8-13, 23 ‘/ 14-19, MT), despite a “black hole” of seven minutes without scoring (23-27.43 ‘/ 28-27, 49 ‘) until the alarm is ringed by Camille Aoustin with his three consecutive goals (28-28, 50 ‘/ 29-30, 52’ / 30-31, 53 ‘). And in particular also thanks to the four goals scored, including that of 30-32, by Lucie Granier, the right winger, fresh vice world champion in 2021 with the Blue!
Not to mention the brilliant new performance of Roxanne frank (10 stops at half-time, 14 in total!), whose pairing as goalkeeper was completed this Wednesday evening by the promising Florence Bonnet (18) instead of the usual Sakura Hauge (35 years old, this January 7), injured his ankle during the World Cup with Japan last December (resumption of training finally hoped for a little earlier than expected, during this month of January, a priori).
As for the other three absent for more or less long time (injuries, convalescence) in the ESBF workforce, the returns to competition are imminent. Those ofAlizée Frécon-Demouge and Danish Line Uno had been mentioned by Sébastien Mizoule for this Wednesday evening in Burgundy, but ultimately his two talented experienced center-backs were not at the Palais des Sports in Dijon, in view of the next and copious succession of matches at the start of 2022.
And concerning the twirling Clarisse Mairot : more than two months after his very violent shock to the face against Nantes, last check-ups scheduled for this week, before being able to normally obtain the medical green light to replay a handball match …
13 more games on the menu, including 6 from the European Cup, until February 20
The ESBF therefore ideally launched its marathon of matches set in the agenda for January and February 2022. A total of thirteen more to play in the next seven weeks: seven league games (Wednesday) and six European Cup games (weekends) in the European League Group Stage – Top 16 of the competition – the first day of which is scheduled this Sunday January 9 (2 p.m.) at the Hungarians of Mosonmagyarovari (return match in Besançon, February 12).
The other two opponents of the Bisontines in the Group A are the Norwegian Sola (January 15 in Besançon, February 20 in Norway) and the Croats from Lokomotiva Zagreb (January 22 in Besançon, February 5 in Croatia).