1/4 Final 1st game results:
Tours 3/2 Montpellier 25-20 30-32 25-23 21-25 15-13 P2
Poitiers 1/3 Nantes Rezé 23-25 19-25 25-16 22-25 P2
Sète 3/1 Paris 22-25 25-20 25-23 28-26 P2
AS Cannes 3/1 Rennes 25-17 19-25 25-21 25-19 P2
Huge surprise with Poitiers defeated by Nantes. That's the 5th defeat in a row for Poitiers who won only two sets in these games. The team dropped games to rest a few key players, and now seems to be unable to regain confidence, especially against a team like Nantes who was not really expecting to be in play-off and is playing with zero pressure.
Tours struggled to defeat Montpellier, only 2 days after french Cup final 4. MOntpellier was even leading 6-10 in the tie-breaker, but the young team was unable to close the game. Without any doubt, Tours was helped bu a greater experience of tough games in IECL or French competitions.
No surprise in Cannes and Sète. But the 3-1 victory may led us to think that it won't be easy in Rennes and Paris.