The players of the French team are back at the Palais des Sports in Dijon. The JDA welcomes this week the team which prepares for a match against Portugal this Thursday, February 24. The last time was against Lithuania in 2001!
The JDA: a club on the rise
After Pau in November, the French team settled in Dijon for a week. For Boris Diaw, the team’s manager, it’s a logical destination: “The dynamics of a club and a team are important to us”. It must be said that since last season, the JDA is a team that works well: after a second place in the French championship and above all a first place in the Leaders Cup (the championship which brings together the first eight clubs in the ranking), it has become an essential French club.
So inevitably, the arrival of the France team sounds a bit like a reward for Fabrice Romeyerthe sporting director of the club: “the fact of having chosen Dijon also rewards the work of the club for several years”. An honor that the JDA also owes in part to the renovation of its Sports Palace in 2020.
An atmosphere that marks
What also plays, the legendary atmosphere of the Palais des Sports Dijon! An atmosphere well remembered by Boris Diaw: “When I played in Pau, we knew it was difficult to come and win in Dijon because it was a team that played very well at home with a public that pushed their team..
Moreover, the supporters answered present: there are almost no more places available for the match on Thursday evening! Those in the stands will recognize Axel Julien, former captain of the JDAwho returns to Dijon for a second time this season, but this time with a friend’s jersey!