Résidence Walfer has been a big positive surprise in the men’s Total League this season. The promoted team has qualified for the semi-finals and will have home-court advantage in their series.
Head-coach Alexis Kreps says that his team „was and still is on a mission from the start of the season until the end. We are focused and relaxed at the same time because you never know what is going to happen in these Covid-times. Our main focus is to be ready for every single game. We have great players that play very smart, they can read the game and adapt to it, this has been our key to success all year. » Résidence was able to win key games over the last weeks, their home-win over T71 clinched their ticket to the semis. Now, Résidence can take a seat and watch the crucial play-in games: „These two games will be interesting to watch, teams might do some new things and then we can adapt to it, especially since we do not know what opponent we are going to face. Every team can win in this do-or-die play-in game, it is completely open. If it was a series, I would give T71 and Esch a slight advantage, but in one game, there is no favorite and all 4 teams are very strong. 1 player can make the difference in such a game, everything will be possible. »
Walferdange hopes that they can enter the semi-finals at full strength, Malcolm Kreps is out since a few weeks and they are waiting for the doctor’s approval to let him play. His father Alexis will stay with the team in the upcoming season and try to play another successful season, but now the focus is on trying to win a title in the 2020/21 season. Résidence will be in action at home next Saturday (5.6.), they can watch Wednesday’s game to see who their opponent will be. The semi-finals will be played in a « best-of-3 »-series.
