“What do you expect from this first leg in the absence of Cléopâtre Darleux (concussion) and Durdina Jaukovic (knee)?
We would have liked to arrive with all our strength but once we said that… We have a game to play,
we fought to get there. We left the group of death (6th), out of eight teams, seven could have claimed to go to the quarter-finals directly. It is out of the question to leave defeatist or as a victim. We have strength, willpower.
What are Brest’s strengths?
When individuals are missing, we take refuge behind the collective. Defensively, we are able to deliver a solid performance, to be aggressive. We’ll have to go through that.
In attack, without Jaukovic, you lack striking power from afar…
Yes, although we can use (Helen) Fauske on this left-back position, she is able to shoot. Jenny (Carlson) Itana (Grbic) can also overflow. We also have a fast game, with the two pivots because if there is a dense position, it is this one (with Pauletta Foppa, Merel Freriks and Tatjana Brnovic).
What do you think of Esbjerg, the only team to beat Metz (35-28) in the group stage?
It’s a team we know well, we had them in our pool last season.
A full squad with the best Danes and Norwegians. Headed by Denmark coach (Jesper Jensen), who had the intelligence to strengthen in the offseason with the arrival of Nora Mork, a player with offensive talent and great defensive density. A full workforce but capable of derailing, we hope to be this grain of sand that will disrupt the machine. »
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