What a game ! What a game ! The fans of the Dragons will never have vibrated so much this year. Led 2-0 at the end of the first third time, nobody would have imagined this final score this Tuesday evening at the Nokia Arena in Tampere (3-3). Dreaming is allowed. Hopes are alive.
Meet at Île Lacroix
“We always hope to have a good result. Honestly, we knew we were going to play against a great team. With all the adventures we had, we had just three lines, we had the whole story with Loïc Lampérier (Air France lost the equipment of the Rouen striker. He had to buy new ones in Tampere and get loaned by Tappara, editor’s note), the wounded, we were not disturbed“, explains Fabrice Lhenry, the trainer.
And yet after a few first minutes when the dragons had their cross on the puck, they hardly saw him again for the entire first third time. In the end, it was hard to imagine a mini dragons’ comeback. And yet they did. “We managed to keep our energy and confidence at 2-0. It was complicated and the players didn’t give up. And they went for this unexpected but excellent result for the second leg. They don’t know what to expect on Île Lacroix“, continues the coach of the Rouen Dragons.
– Bradley de Souza
“There was suspense, 2-2 it was already impossible for us, 3-2 we said to ourselves that it was not so bad and then 3-3, now we are looking forward to the return match at Île Lacroix “, sums up Clément, one of the supporters of the G stand who made the trip to Tampere.