“It’s the second against the third”, so it will be “a very high level match”, Laurent Travers said at a press conference this Friday. The coach of Racing 92 wants to be intoxicated by the shock between his team and that of La Rochelle, Sunday (2:15 p.m.) in late match of the 14th day of Top 14. “We know the qualities of La Rochelle well: it is a team which is very good at conquering, which is capable of destroying and putting in difficulty the front packs”, but who also has “A very aggressive defense”.
La Rochelle (2nd, 49 points) can overtake Toulouse (1st, 52 pts) in the event of success on the ground of Racing 92 (3rd, 46 pts), which remains on two setbacks at home, ahead of Toulon (29-23 ) and UBB (33-32). “The defeats were not necessarily digested: we could have been higher in the standings, with eight more points. It’s never good to lose at home ”, estimated the second line of Ile-de-France Boris Palu. “We want to redeem ourselves and catch up. And it’s a good time against an opponent at the top ”, he added.
On the first leg, the Ciel et Blancs fell in La Rochelle (9-6) in a match disrupted by wind and rain: “It was a close match, we hope it will be less (Sunday) », smiled Travers. “A season is a whole, nothing is linear: we always hope that there are more ups than downs”, also underlined the technician.
What is needed above all is ” score points “, hammered the coach, “Because now there are almost as many victories away from home as there are at home”. “What matters to us is to take points each time a match arises in order to be able to maintain our ranking”, he insisted.
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