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Tours tied two straight set wins for the first time in the season

Chaumont decided to solve the problems with the opposite Egleskalns by bringing a new player. It's the experienced Ndaki Mboulet, Cameroon national team player, who played in France from 2002 till 2007

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Tours tied two straight set wins for the first time this season, the "victims" being Ajaccio and Narbonne. A pretty incredible, but painfully truthful info for Tours.

- We got two wins worth three points each for the first time this season, and combined with two great sets against Halkbank, it proves we're finding our form. We won't prejudice anything, but some things are getting better - Pascal Foussard, Tours director, said.

The players simply needed a rest from the exhaustive rhythm because since the season started, till three weeks ago, they played two, often even three games, every week.

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- I think our example shows best how tiring the season is, and that the schedule was so full that even we, the experts team, were exhausted with constant trips, let alone the players. The last two wins boosted our self-confidence for the trip to the top - the coach Paes was content.

Either way, Tours are only the eighth in the Ligue A, and luckily for them, Paris are only six points away. They dominated all the segments against Narbonne, basically were in the lead from the first to the last point, and that's the real Tours.

They expect a new win today, and they have a really good ratio against Chaumont, seven wins in eight matches. But, they lost at least one set every time.

- We don't have any other options but to win till the end of the championship. We have to catch up with the teams from the top, and get to the playoffs from at least second place. Chaumont are a serious team, they did defeat Cannes in the last round, which only confirms their quality. Still, we're rested and complete now, I believe we're the best team of the league and we'll confirm that in the last game of 2014 - Tours coach pointed out.

Chaumont defeated Cannes 3-0 in the last round, and gave the leader their first defeat of the season. They got the win convincingly, as if they were the ones with no defeats in the league, not Cannes. It was definitely their best game of the season. They dominated all the segments, from the reception to the block, and got very important points in the battle for the playoffs.

They're five points behind the teams with 21 points, which isn't that much because they had an average season with lots of problems. The coach Nikolić still can't be on the bench, Egleskalns's absence is almost a standard, so they decided to bring another opposite. It's the 35 y.o. Cameroon captain, Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet. He's an experienced international player who played in France from 2002 to 2007.

- Kolokilagi played the opposite position great, but we had to bring another player because Egleskalns's injury proved to be serious. Ndaki is an experienced player who can definitely help us - Chaumont president said.

They didn't defeat Tours in the last four matches, but they took a set in every single one, proving to be a serious team. Ndaki joined the team a week ago, probably managed to get what's what because he's an experienced player, and will definitely be of help to Chaumont.