After the hour of discovery last year against Toulouse, the Union wanted to take action. But, faced with a hungry opponent who feasted in combat rugby, she once again suffered. Learning these finals matches takes time. Too much for the opener Matthieu Jalibert.
” We’re not going to say that every year either. We learned the lesson from last season, we wanted to take matters into our own hands. We simply came across a team that was more in place than us, that was hungrier. It’s difficult in this kind of matches which are very close to be able to win when you have so little ammunition. »
Urios has holiday homework
If Montpellier was stronger on the lawn of the Allianz Riviera, the UBB may have lost this semi-final 15 days ago. A non-match in Perpignan which caused a stir internally and above all forced the Union to go through a dam regrets Christophe Urios.
” We had a difficult, tense last week. You leave energy when we should have avoided all that. We can’t say that it doesn’t matter to make a quarter-final. We can’t say that because we paid for it today. »
As the Toulousains had paid the day before against Castres the fight delivered the previous weekend against La Rochelle. Add the excessive number of injuries and relapses that plagued the Girondin winter, the question of leadership, the difference between what this group promises itself and what it achieves on the ground. Before finding his players for a 4th season together, the manager will have to take some vacation homework.