While the USM was close to a victory on the Colomiers pitch, a lack of control put an end to the Montalbanese hopes shortly after the 70th minute of play. A defeat (33-29) frustrating for Sébastien Tilous-Borde and his men.
What feeling dominates after this defeat (33-29), frustration or satisfaction at having taken this defensive bonus point?
More like disappointment… Not necessarily with the result, but disappointment with the way we played. The way we played this match. For me, it wasn't Montauaban's real game today. Despite this, we still managed to score 29 points away from home. But no, it wasn't really our identity, it wasn't really our best match.
What do you think was missing?
I don't know, maybe we needed to lose a match to question ourselves a little. Question yourself, in quotes. Maybe we needed to take a little slap to get back to work and approach Nice next week with another desire, another
mastery by doing what you know how to do.
Do you have the feeling that there was a little too much euphoria linked to your start to the season?
A euphoria… When you play a derby, it must be a war. Today, I didn't see any of that. I haven't seen a derby. I saw a rugby match with things that were sometimes good, moments where we didn't take things in hand and where we let Colomiers do it. We weren't actors.
Do you ultimately think that it is strategic errors that cost victory?
No, because when you lead by 12 points away… We let ourselves be overwhelmed a little while usually we are rather calm. But like I said, when you're not 100%, that's what happens.
Is there a moment when you feel that the match is changing for the locals?
In fact, from the first period. From the first twenty minutes which
were catastrophic. I felt like we weren't there. I said it at halftime. I said it was an achievement to be ahead in the score. I said we had to wake up because we could win the match. We woke up a little. Behind, we fall back and we do not win this match. It was pretty predictable though. I don't know from the outside how the match was, but we're not used to playing like that. Usually, we are rather enterprising and we put in the intensity…
Even so, it's a point at the end.
Yes, that's what I told the guy. It's very good to have taken this point. We will be satisfied with that. It's good to have taken a little slap, it will do us good to approach this match against Nice, which is a team which has won twice away, because I don't want us to lose at home. the house. So, maybe we needed to take a little slap against Colomiers to approach this match in a good way.
You talk about “a little slap”, isn’t that a bit harsh?
I say a little slap because, when you look at the appearance of the match, if we play like we have been playing since the start of the season, you do not lose the match. We failed to control this meeting. We let the referee control that, we let Colomiers, at times, control that. So we don't deserve to win the match. That's why there is the frustration of not having done better but the satisfaction of having taken this bonus point at the last second. We are disappointed, of course, but sometimes you have to go through these kinds of moments. It's up to us to react next week.
