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1/4 final: the summary of UBB – Harlequins
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(France TV)
Without Matthieu Jalibert and Damian Penaud, the UBB failed to contain a more incisive English team on Saturday at the Chaban-Delmas stadium in a game with a record score at this level of the competition (42-41).
A first French carpet club. At the end of a terribly indecisive Champions Cup quarter-final, Union Bordeaux-Bègles lost to Harlequins (41-42), Saturday April 13, in its home of Chaban-Delmas. A logical result insofar as the Bordelo-Béglais men were trailing for almost the entire match, but which will leave them with enormous regrets.
UBB even thought it had done the hardest part when Madosh Tambwe flattened it in the English goal four minutes from time, giving Maxime Lucu the opportunity to put his team back in front with the conversion. But the French international missed his match point, sending his attempt to the right of the poles, even though he was in a favorable position. A final stab for Bordeaux-Bègles in an irrational afternoon.
Failed start to the match for UBB
Without the French internationals Matthieu Jalibert and Damian Penaud, insufficiently recovered for the match, the UBB paid dearly for its disastrous start to the game, where it conceded two tries, including one penalty, in less than ten minutes (3rd, 9th) . Enough to give the English a comfortable lead of 14 points, before an endless back-and-forth.
In a weak time, the Harlequins certainly suffered and conceded two tries from Maxime Lucu and Romain Buros (20th, 26th). But they emerged again, unleashing their fury in attack when the locals loosened their grip, to keep a small lead (12-28). While it was thought that the Gironde heat would crush the confidence of the British in the second half, they managed to respond every time the UBB managed to score, setting the stadium on fire.
Quarter-final points record
Thanks to Madosh Tambwe’s try, the Bordelo-Béglais took the lead for the first time in the match (66th). But the English, who had just been denied one for a forward, found the resources to dive into the goal for the umpteenth time through Tyrone Green (72nd, 36-42). Enough to tip – before the final act of this Bordeaux drama – this meeting into the irrational, by beating the record for points scored at this level of the competition (76) with no less than 12 incursions into the scoring zone.
For their first Champions Cup semi-final, Harlequins will travel to the pitch of the winner of the duel between Stade Toulouse and Exeter on Sunday. Before that, La Rochelle travels to the Irish Leinster, while Northampton receives the South African Bulls.