It’s very simple: the players know that this national team is relatively homogeneous. Don’t think that since a team like Hyères (12th) has just climbed from N2, they won’t be there. We have seen this in our home games with…
It’s very simple: the players know that this national team is relatively homogeneous. Don’t think that since a team like Hyères (12th) has just climbed from N2, they won’t be there. We have seen it in our home games with teams like Rennes (29-3) or Cognac (34-12), even Blagnac (22-16). It was very difficult. If we get through this match, we’re going to have a bad time. So remobilization and interrogation are essential. Players know this. But I will tell him over and over until kickoff.
“It was important to mark our territory”
Was this match in Valencia the toughest of the season?
I don’t know if it was the hardest, but it was the best mastered, for 80 minutes. It remains a feat of having won in Valencia-Romani, few teams will do that this season. So it was important to mark our territory in some way. Or at least see where we were. It’s really a great performance.
And suddenly: where is the USD?
We haven’t met all the teams yet. I will be able to decide better after the trip. What is certain is that the ones we played at home have all attracted our attention. We will therefore have difficult matches there. I repeat myself but this championship is really homogeneous. The return phase will be difficult, and before that the last block will be just as difficult. I’ll really know where we stand on the truce.
However, Dax is first. Will the hunting position be difficult to assume?
Hunted or hunter, I don’t pay much attention to it. Above all, I try to see the content and progress in all compartments of our game, hence my satisfaction after Valencia. If we can repeat this type of performance, we will necessarily get closer to the qualifying places. The number 1 place is anecdotal, especially with two other teams (Valence and US Bressane, ed) on equal merit.
To outrun your pursuers, is it victory and a mandatory bonus on Saturday?
That would be ideal. We will have to see the conditions, the adversities… It’s never easy to receive a team like this because we don’t know how they will present themselves, whether they will turn away or not. Players don’t tend to have a big head even after a feat like in Valencia. Because they know where they come from, that work is important. We saw it this week: everyone has recovered well.
US Dax (1st, 38 points) – Hyères / Carqueiranne (12th, 20 points), this Saturday November 26th at 7.30pm at the Maurice-Boyau stadium in Dax. Referee: Benjamin Beuriot. The team: Duprat – Gatelier, Fourquet, Bolakoro, Dechavanne – (o) Cerisier, (m) Garrouteigt – Ausset, Luamanu, Trémeau – Bidau, Gaune – Drean, Delonca (cap), Faitotoa. Substitutes: Levi, Mary, Loiret, Doucouré, Reteau, Berchesi, Bouche, Pelmard, Rodon Morello.
