The Montalbanesi have pulled a big thorn from their feet by beating Massy. This Friday night, they were on a mission to achieve this capital success.
With the return of the saving rain for the lives of men and plants, the victory, this Friday evening, in the Sapiac basin against Massy, came to greet the settlement of Pierre-Philippe Lafond, the sports director of the association, now head of the professional team staff. A victory all the more important, as it allows Fred Quercy’s teammates to leave the red lantern at Ile-de-France, and even to exit the relegation zone by placing Carcassonne behind them, to aim for fourteenth place in the standings. . This Friday, no ambitious match to soak to the core, but a pragmatic match, which does not expose itself too much, which allows the team to propose a single “victory” ambition as said very well in the mixed zone after the match the third row Quentin Witt. President Jean-Claude Maillard’s men could also have hoped for better as two attempts were turned down after video arbitration. A victory that puts an end to a four-game losing streak. It’s good for morale and head, and it felt good in Sapiac’s spans. Then, almost to shake the neck of all the criticism that there is no training at the USM, we enjoyed seeing the Espoirs captain Alexis Bernadet hold the entire match in the strategic position of scrum half, or even the entry into third serve, in the last quarter of an hour, by Kyllian Ringuet after returning from a national training course for the elite of his age. Pierre-Philippe Lafond knows them well and knows their value.
Nothing is certain, everything remains to be done
A third of the championship, after ten of the thirty days, and after the victory over Massy, the USM has 16 points. We know it takes between 50 and 60 to ensure maintenance (Bourg-en-Bresse dropped to 60 points, not so long ago). We will have to keep pushing, starting with the trip to Colomiers in two weeks after a week off. Not really for Montauban, as Quentin Witt explains “we were just told in the locker room that we will leave for a training course this second part of the week, before preparing the following week for the trip to Colomiers. A training course where we will work on the cohesion, we’ll play rugby, but that’s not all. It’s very good. In Colomiers we don’t have to forbid anything, and if we’re in the game, why not do what made us become teams like Biarritz or Grenoble. I don’t care if we win 3-0 . I just want to win. ” A speech that can only please the fans. The Ultras have established for several seasons that there are three places out where it is forbidden to lose, Agen, Bayonne and Colomiers for reasons of their own. The players and staff know what they need to do if they want to unite the fans even more to their cause. The psychological shock worked, it doesn’t have to be just a flash in the pan. “Saturday morning will be day,” said Pierre-Philippe Lafond this week if this Friday’s result against Massy was not in line with expectations. But with the victory, not only was it day, but the sun was back as well, like planets aligned.
Dimitri Vaotoa in history
Entering the second half, against Massy, USM second line Dimitri Vaotoa took part in his 219th league game in “verdenero”. He thus enters the 21st century history of the club by taking the second place of the players who have played the most games alone, pushing his friend Amédée Domenech (218) to third place. Now he is looking for the first place held by the great Serge Sergueev first named (292). To reach him he will have to play another two or three seasons in this club that has been his since the period of Federal 1. In the 21st century, only four have passed the 200 league games: Serge Sergueev first of the name (292), Dimitri Vaotoa (219) , Amédée Domenech (218) and Nicolas Agnesi (209). Then come the great names of Sapiacan history: Philippe Gordo (193), Alexandre Colomé (182) or Serge Sergueev junior (180) .R.-CB
