With a closed face, Frédéric Fauthoux presented himself at a press conference without having yet digested the defeat of his team, Bourg-en-Bresse, on Tuesday during match 1 of the Eurocup finals on the Paris Basketball court (77-64). ). Coach Bressan said he was “very disappointed” with his players’ first half, “not at the level of a Eurocup final”.
Did experience play a role? Possible for Fauthoux who, by answering the question, tackled, voluntarily or not, the Parisian club. “Maybe the 10 people who already made a final last year will be useful today. I want to talk about Bonn. Finally Paris. Well… whatever you want,” breathed the JL Bourg coach.
Fauthoux, 51, refers to the last Champions League (C3), won by the German club Bonn. In the process, Finnish coach Tuomas Iisalo left Bonn for Paris, qualified for the Eurocup (C2). He was followed by members of his staff and… no less than six players, including TJ Shorts, recently elected MVP of the Eurocup. Paris had come under criticism for having drawn so much from a single club.
Iisalo recently explained this subject in our columns. “The idea was never to bring all these players back with me,” assured the young (41-year-old) Finnish coach, annoyed that the subject came back to the table during the season. Match 2 of the Eurocup finals is scheduled for Friday (7:30 p.m.) at Ekinox, in Ain. Paris is one victory away from the coronation. Bourg-en-Bresse will fight to snatch a decisive match 3, which would take place on Monday April 15 at the Adidas Arena.
