Ugo Mola knows the Tarn well, having played and trained there. His counterpart Pierre-Henry Broncan knows Toulouse well for having been the first city’s deputy there a few years ago. This duel between neighbors promises to be epic on Friday evening at the Allianz Riviera in Nice. Ugo Mola does not boast.
Mola: “Castres, the first in terms of character”
The Toulouse manager, questioned on this poster, wanted to recall that the first of the regular season was the CO: “It’s the first in terms of character and state of mind, that’s undeniable. Pierre-Henry Broncan and his staff manage to instil that. It’s a team that is always there. Its level of recognition is relative, certainly because it’s a city of 80,000 inhabitants, but it’s a team that is there, present. When I see the checkouts that we make on the ninth, tenth, of the championship… Castres first, we doesn’t do much. They deserve a lot more respect. In the past month, they’ve had three matches to play with Biarritz, Perpignan and Pau. They’re fully effective, we’ve lost more players. We’re going to s “Hold on, you’ll need a very big Stade Toulousain. Castres is first in the championship, if they still want to pass themselves off as small, it’s complicated anyway. You’re first in the championship. It’s not Ugo Mola who says it, it is effective.
Castres-Toulouse, it will be to live Friday evening in full on France Bleu Occitanie with a special antenna so as not to miss anything of the derby.