Volleyball (Ligue B masculine). Saint-Jean

Nevertheless, Lilembo and his teammates once again delivered a top-level performance on the Grand Nancy VB court. However, for their last game of the season, the people of Nancy were hoping to secure a 5th consecutive victory. Against the other team in top form at the moment, Abeille proved to be irresistible. Although they had to give up the first set to the Lorrains, who could rely on the powerful arm of US opposite hitter Jacob Steele during that set. In an incredible back-and-forth, punctuated by powerful rallies, GNVB managed to find a breakthrough (7-7, 15-15, 19-16 and finally 25-21).

Lilembo in top form

However, ASI slowly started to quiet down the cheers of Nancy. With their serves, Abeille set the reception of the locals under pressure (4-8). Kaba’s attacks and Ben Romdhane’s blocks on Steele put the Girondins in an extremely favorable position (13-17 and then 18-25). Without Tsmokalo, who was busy with the Ukrainian national team, GNVB was clearly missing one of its best assets in attack and reception. Even though the Steele – Petrov duo tried to keep up, the firepower of the Girondin “six” kept dominating Nancy (8-10 and then 12-14). The excitement in Illac was even sealed by a winning point from Millour, ASI’s libero. And as Steele continued to make mistakes, Abeille soared to victory (19-25).

However, Bonon and his teammates still had to extinguish the ultimate desires of the people of Nancy in a particularly contested fourth set. Facing their home crowd, Nancy put all their efforts into the battle and stayed close to their opponents (7-7, 14-14 and then 17-16). Nevertheless, the inevitable Lilembo once again showed his skills to bring his team closer to victory (20-23). The last stand of GNVB was in vain (23-25).