Pierre Mignoni (manager of Lyon, winner of Clermont (41-30) on Saturday): ” We were very scared. We had to master this game more. We lose control and the momentum of the game at the end of the first half. We cannot control ourselves, probably because of the fatigue or the heat. It starts again at the start of the second period. It is not possible to lose the initiative of a match in this way. Their straight forward play was amazing. Morgan Parra directed them well. Fortunately Clermont makes mistakes. On the last balloon, Clermont gives us a gift. But we did too. “
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Franck Azéma (manager of Clermont): “We have done everything: good and bad. We don’t have the ball in the first half. We can score a try and we take a red card … Outnumbered, we make enormous efforts to get back in front. And we’re able to expose ourselves and take one last try that robs us of the defensive bonus. Beyond the result, it’s annoying not to evolve and not to have consistency. Reporting a point would have been a good result. “
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“We don’t do the simplest things and we do the most complicated things! “
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Dylan Cretin (third row and captain of Lyon): “We are happy with the victory. On closer inspection, there is room for improvement. But we’ll see the positive. We missed the recovery in the second half. We had to pick up hard. Clermont put us under pressure. We could have simplified the game. Josh is having a big game. Rugby is easier when Josh scores on his own, but we have to underline all the work of the group. “
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Morgan Parra (scrum half from Clermont): “We have already experienced this kind of scenario. In Montpellier, we have to take a point, we start with zero points. Here, we must take thirty in the first period. We don’t exist, except on this lucky ball which allows us to score between the posts. In the second half, we go back to the front, we have to kill the match and we don’t do it. We don’t do the simplest things and we do the most complicated things! “
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