They find the top of the basket! The Bourges basketball players are making their comeback in the Euroleague this Wednesday, October 26, after a year of absence, since they did not qualify last year (for the first time in 26 years).
So here are the Tangos again ready to do battle for the most prestigious of European competitions. Competition they have already won three times. “It’s the real season that beginsrejoices Berruyère Laetitia Guapo. So happy to be back in the Euroleague! We were very disappointed not to qualify last year, but it’s falling to bounce back better. We can’t wait to play”.
World champion in 3×3 basketball this summer, crowned best French basketball player of the yearthe young woman hopes for as much success this season in the Euroleague: “There is everything to build, we will have to play serious matches and continue to grow as a team”.
The Tangos are counting on the support of the public at the Prado
With a workforce overhauled by the arrival of four new playersthe Berruyères were full of confidence last week by winning the “Eurocup Supercup”
(against Sopron, winner of the Euroleague last season) and the “Game of Champions”
against Basket Landes. But for their coach Olivier Lafargue, do not ignite and continue to work. “It’s very good to have won these two games.he believes. But when we analyze the meetings, we realize that there are still a lot of things on which we are not at all square “.
“There are a lot of things that need to be done.continues Olivier Lafargue, who received the title of Best women’s league coach last year and who has just extended his contract with Bourges until 2025
. It is not because we win matches now that it will be enough to win matches later. The other teams will progress, so we have to progress even faster if we want to compete with them.”.
For their first group stage match in the Euroleague, the Bourges basketball players receive Olympiacos this Wednesday, October 26 at 8 p.m. in front of their public at the Prado. They will start the championship right away: their first Women’s League match this season will take place on Saturday with a trip to La Roche Vendée.