Like last season, Racing 92 signed the performance of bringing down UBB for the first time on its lawn at the Chaban-Delmas stadium. It didn’t turn out much. In a match of great intensity, the Parisians pocketed the victory at the very last second thanks to a penalty from Ben Volavola, a former member of the Bordeaux house. Attempt to explain a hitch in the almost faultless course of the Union Bordeaux-Bègles.
A delayed departure
In this type of match which is played with a few points, the two penalties conceded at the start of the match weigh heavily. Racing started the game with the pedal to the metal. After 8 minutes of play, possession of the ball was 91% in favor of the Parisians. Manager Christophe Urios had however warned. After the severe defeat of the first leg, the Racingmen were going to arrive at Chaban particularly upset. The UBB players took about ten minutes to channel the Ile-de-France desire. A lapse of time which allowed Maxime Machenaud to garner six points which were undoubtedly decisive in the end.
missed opportunities
The Union however managed to manhandle this formation, to take it in power like the test concluded by the pillar Ben Tameifuna in the 19th minute after two consecutive balls carried. The end of the first period was also largely to UBB’s advantage. He will have lacked a little precision as on this pick and go session a few centimeters from the Racing in-goal line or on this decisive pass that Yann Lesgourgues could not capture to slip between the posts. Also in the second period, the Union got some good chances like this breakthrough from Nathanaël Huleu or this action between Santiago Cordero and Gatien Massé not far from finding the fault.
Ultra-solid Racing
There was a world between the tossed Racing defense, pierced last week against Section Paloise and the concentrated and impermeable performance achieved against UBB. Because if the Union has missed opportunities it is mainly because Racing has shown itself to be unfailingly solid. Before taking over in the last ten minutes and settling in the Bordeaux camp. By dint of trying, the Racingmen ended up cracking the Union. A simple penalty conceded by Jean-Baptiste Dubié for three points synonymous with victory. Racing is the first to bring down UBB this season. A first hitch at home that the men of Christophe Urios will seek to erase next Sunday on the lawn of a Stade Toulousain in crisis after six defeats in a row.