As a consequence, Nocandy led her team out of the dressing room last weekend, for the first DELO EHF Champions League game of the season — the Match of the Week in Odense, where she was named Player of the Match.
“It means a lot to me, of course. Being the team captain is, to me, another step in my relationship with the club — the only one I’ve played as a professional for. It is a huge honour,” she says. Is Nocandy afraid that, being only 23 years old, she might be a little bit too young for this kind of pressure? “I don’t see that as a pressure. I’m the person I’ve always been and my personality is not going to change because I’m the captain now.”
Metz's opener in the Champions League last weekend was successful, with an important win away in Denmark. After the French side were not able to play their round 1 game against CSKA, the MOTW was the perfect way to launch their season.
“We were all very frustrated, and I guess from this, we had this extra energy that we were able to put in the game in Odense. We were all very focused, as the first game in the Champions League is always an important one,” says Nocandy.