[GOLD] Gaetan BILLA 🇫🇷 v Alexandre BARDENET 🇫🇷 l Challenge Monal Epee Fencing World Cup 2025

And the action continues right away from Alexandre Bardenet, who will stay in this register at the beginning of the match in any case. Well, we already saw that... Alexandre still as mobile on his supports. Yeah, it's still... Even if there is an option that allows... It was a bit launched by Alexandre, I remember. That's it, Alexandre stays very far from his opponent. And he just leaves the initiative to Gaëtan to enter the distance. And since Alexandre is well camped on his supports, it allows him to... Come on, 3, 2, 2, first of all, in favor of... Of... Licensee of Levallois. Who will keep his clearance since he leads from now on. Who will go towards Gaëtan. We feel Gaëtan a little less aggressive than against Giveroli. And that's it, and for now, well, he's suffering a bit the match against Bardenet. Yeah. And it's true, I imagine, Baptiste, that it might be easy to say, but that Gaëtan puts himself a little bit in combat mode, like earlier against the Italian. Even if the style is different from Alexandre Bardenet, but there he suffers. That's it, Gaëtan, he must resume this work a little bit. Do a little work to excite Alexandre's hand a little bit, so that he moves it a little more. There we feel that it is Alexandre who decides. And once again, the distance is shortened, and it is Alexandre who can chain to touch his opponent. Come on, the advance becomes comfortable. 6 to 2. There are less than two minutes left to dispute in this first third. And right away, very offensive Alexandre Bardenet. Before entering the match, he will press as much as possible on it to get the maximum number of touches before there is a change. And it can go very fast. It's going fast. Like the semi-finals, here we are on a match that goes very, very, very, very fast once again. Are we going to go to a second third? Hard to say. But for now, we didn't go for a 9-5. Alexandre Bardenet, but for now, he is untreatable. He can't find this distance to be able to touch alone. And on top of that, he touches alone Alexandre Bardenet. And he leads 10 to 5. For now, no solution for Gaëtan Billa. I think Gaëtan has to take risks, because otherwise he will let himself be eaten. Come on, Gaëtan. We feel that he is looking for his distance to be able to place his counterattack. Yeah, that's it. Ah, that's well done. Well seen. There, he blocked well with his leg before his progression to be able to place his point above Alexandre's hand. And the double that does well the business of Alexandre Bardenet. Come on, Gaëtan. We want to see the 7-4 ballet scrim for now. But we would like it to be... Come on, let's go... Let's go to a second third, that would be good. That's it, that's maybe the kind of touch that can slow down a little bit Alexandre Bardenet. An arrow he may have dropped a little too early. Gaëtan still on his supports, which allows him to counter his opponent. He lights up alone again. He builds his game well, Alexandre Bardenet. And then the speed. He really doesn't have the opportunity to miss, Gaëtan. He really doesn't have the right to make a mistake. No chance to miss than usual. And Alexandre who takes advantage of it. He is in Alexandre Bardenet's form. Gaëtan is also present, but we knew it, Alexandre Bardenet was going to not give up anything. He holds a heart to this... It was really a test for him to get up again and to see him in the final of the Mona Challenge and to see him lead 14-8, frankly, it's really very, very strong what he did this season. And bravo to Gaëtan Billa. He was more than 200th in the world. That's it, in the rankings. He makes a final of Monal. He is chief operator in life, in cinema, in audiovisual. And he trains, in quotes, almost a little bit. Well, he often trains regularly, but it's not always obvious. The match is not over. It's true that it went pretty well for Alexandre. But bravo to these two boys. That's it. Victory 15-9 of Alexandre Bardenet, who succeeded, who reached his goal. That's it. That's the joy of Alexandre. Frankly, magnificent, magnificent edition of Monal, as you said. A big bravo to these two shooters who had different problems when they arrived on this competition. Gaëtan who did... Here, we also see friendship. Friendship, the two teammates who train together. Bardenet who takes advantage. Alexandre Bardenet who takes advantage of this victory. Now he can enjoy after this day and the teammates who come to party with him. I think the two boys will appreciate this beautiful performance, even if inevitably there is one who is happier than the other because he just won the Monal. But the fact of being second also, it's going to be good for Gaëtan, that's it. And that's the French group. That's it. When there is one who wins, it's the whole team who wins, even if unfortunately it was Gaëtan in front. But that's it. When one wins a World Cup, that's it, it's all France that wins. And that's what has always been the shape of the sword, it's the transmission and the spirit of the group.