Paris (AFP)
The Bourges basketball players ideally started their season by winning the shock of the Women's League against the Lyonnaises, reigning French champions (2019) 74 to 62, Wednesday evening in their Prado room.
Almost six weeks after the cancellation at the last moment of the Coupe de France final scheduled for September 18 in Bercy, at the request of the players and staff of the two clubs due to cases of Covid-19 within the two staffs , Tango and Asvel clashed Wednesday night in the Women's League.
In the meantime, the French women's basketball championship has launched its 2020/21 season, and the seventh day is scheduled for the weekend.
But Berruyères and Lyonnaises saw their meetings postponed from week to week.
They were finally able to play Wednesday for the first time, and it was Bourges who managed this first match better in the form of a poster.
Arrived this summer from Charnay, Laetitia Guapo scored 22 points and finished top scorer in the game.
"Finally back to the Prado! Dear supporters, dear partners, we love you! We have been preparing for three months. Thank you!", Launched the captain of Bourges, Elodie Godin to the spectators of the room of Bourges , in a tonnage limited to 1,500 people.
Emmanuel Macron's announcement of new confinement from Friday until December 1, leaves the rest of the Women's League in suspense, the President of the Republic not having mentioned in his speech the fate of the competitions professional sports and their possible pursuit behind closed doors.
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