After stopping the return match of the 32nd federal finals 3 after having received four red cards, President Dracénois, Christophe Zingraff, regrets the attitude of his players.
Saturday, May 3, the return match of the 32nd finals of Federal 3 between Draguignan and Montélimar did not go to an end. After a test marked by visitors a few minutes from the final whistle, a general fight broke out. The premises received two red cards, adding to the other two already collected earlier in the game (64th, 76th). The locals being eleven, the meeting was therefore arrested. Montélimar, winner at the first leg (24-19) and ahead of the score, was declared winner on the green carpet (25-0). Obviously disappointed by the elimination, the Var President, Christophe Zingraff, is even more so by the behavior of the faults, which he does not endorse.
“Players lost the pedals when the match started to escape us, he regrets. There have been reprehensible gestures deemed severely not the three referees. But they went on the side of those who wanted to play. It can happen to miss a match, but it is not class to go out that way. We will discuss it, and sanction. These behaviors are not in line with the values we advocate. “ The manager regrets that this end of Mach in sausage water comes to tarnish a well started party with full stands and the image of the club.
“The South is the South”
For his part, the opposing coach, Wilfrid Maccari, also wanted not to throw the baby with the bath water differentiating the attitude of certain players from the club’s reception. “I do not justify anything but we have managed to defend on large opposing sequences before countering and scoring, he notes. We also had favorable rebounds. It can make you crazy. There was certainly a lot of frustration. There have been a lot of bad gestures and our players applied the instructions not to answer. The South is the South. They are not mean guys. And I want to say that the public was good, that the Draguignan club welcomed us, that the third half went well. “
After exchanging with his players, the technician also wanted to salute Captain Dracénois, the second line, Antoine Ortis. “He was great. He calmed down his players. A few boys lacked master’s degree and maturity.”
