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- Charles Malet and Fabien Cibray during the pre-match press conference held on Tuesday, October 13 in the middle of the day. (Photo ME)
On the defeat conceded “at home” against Colomiers (15-23) last Friday on the lawn of the Parsemain stadium in Fos-sur-Mer, the manager of the Provençaux, Fabien Cibray, cold, does not hide behind his little finger and wears a lucid gaze. ” In the intensity we have been absent », He blurted out. ” In precision, he continues, we were absent, in the sequence of tasks we were not in the nails of what was planned. The shipwreck was collective; we were late on everything and we couldn’t catch up. During the first block we were pretty good in touch and defense; Friday we did not enter the match and did not find the right collective reflexes The observation is without concession; Colomiers had a good match but was not exceptional and we being very, very average, not to say bad, we could have won the match. But we didn’t deserve it. There is nothing to say. The lesson is that when you are average against teams like Colomiers, you lose; we must therefore be, at a minimum, good and today we are not. “Same observation on the players side by the voice of the third line Charles Malet. He too is not looking for a false escape and when asked if the physique of the collective is not in question, he answers: ” There is no physical problem; we are all very ready. But if we do not put all the ingredients, we cannot respond present. Perhaps there was also a little smugness; however, all last week we were warned… So we went back to work with the intention of not making these mistakes again… “Friday evening, it is in Montauban that the Blacks must travel but, according to the latest news, there is a good chance that the meeting will be postponed because of Covid among the Montalbanais. On the side of the Maurice-David stadium, training continues normally for the people of Provence. ” In fact, since last season we are used to this uncertainty about whether or not matches will be held. », Recalls Fabien Cibray. ” We therefore have plans A, B or C so as not to be disturbed in our preparation. Coming back to Montauban, it’s frontal, strong with a big closed scrum. What interests us today is to raise our level of play to get there », He specifies. With three tries scored against 13 last season at the end of the same number of matches, some discerning observers deplore the lack of effectiveness in attack of the Provençaux. Here too, the manager takes a lucid look at this reality. ” I am disappointed with this statistic but not particularly worried. Yes, our game evolves according to the synthetic turf and what I regret is our inefficiency; Last Friday we entered the opposing 22 meters six times and we scored only three points; we will find the click… But there is another statistic that must be highlighted; we are the team with the most penalties; We have the will to send the game and move forward and in front of us there are people who are preventing us from doing it illegally. And as we have some excellent scorers, we do not hesitate to take the points related to these penalties. Now it remains to be seen whether the trip to Montauban will take place. Answer in a few hours.
Michel EGEA
Next meeting in Aix-en-Provence: Provence Rugby receives Rouen-Normandie on Friday 23 October at the Maurice-David stadium at 7 p.m.
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