Johann Authier has perfectly summarized, in a few well-chosen words, the result of the equation that deserves to be asked at the end of this eighth loss of the season. Asked about the impact of this defeat in the maintenance race, the manager was short: “The championship is not over, but it is not against the USAP that we win or lose maintenance. We will fight with our weapons against other teams! “
Difficult to be more lucid, and if the VRDR was indeed “not invited” to the Catalans banquet and does not have so many regrets to have, it can on the other hand “eat” its fingers after its poor performances in Rouen and Soyaux / Angoulême which could be very expensive at the end of the season.
If it wants to maintain itself in effect, and given the progress shown compared to last season, the VRDR has very little room for maneuver and will have to win the matches that count double against the other poorly classified. Under penalty of being forced to perform against the big stables.
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Enzo Sanga: “The match we need to get our heads right”
From this perspective, the trip to Aurillac next Friday (7 p.m.) will be of great importance. The Cantalous, 9e of the Pro D2 and already defeated twice on their lawn (14-19 against Colomiers and 10-23 against Biarritz), are in the sights of the Checkers. “This may be the match you need to get your head back to the right place,” asked scrum-half Enzo Sanga after the game against “blood and gold”. “There, we will have to find energy and positive energy, vitality and desire” warned Johann Authier. “
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Authier: “Regain confidence”
“Convinced that it will pay”, the manager of the VRDR insists on this “need to regain confidence”. We will therefore have to go quickly to get back on the right track, while the Checkers have failed in their conquest, a sector which usually gives satisfaction.
The touch, for example, was a real challenge. “The Perpignan lineup was confident in touch after the first half, and we were the opposite” summed up Authier while emphasizing the undeniable superiority of the USAP in this sector where Damien Chouly (46 selections with the XV of France) for example, reigns supreme.
There will also be the question of the men who will lead this battle. After having waved Oyonnax a week earlier, the VRDR staff had decided to renew the same team with one exception (Sawailau on the wing instead of Codjo).
But the latter appeared in the hard physically. For travel in Cantal, the choice of soldiers will therefore be essential.
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