Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Monday January 6, 2025 at 10:42 a.m.
After his team's victory in Vannes on Sunday evening (20-19), Christophe Urios did not want to be difficult and was more than satisfied with having been able to forget the defeat at home against Montpellier, even if the Clermont coach would have liked that his players are more disciplined.
Surprised at home by Montpellier (22-18) on the last day during a meeting that the Jaunards seemed to have in hand even though they had not yet experienced defeat on their lawn at the Marcel-Michelin stadium this season, Clermont was keen to recover when it came time to challenge Vannes in its lair of Rabine. Coming with the intention of resuming their march forward, the Clermontois fulfilled their objective, albeit painfully (20-19 victory). However, it didn't take much more to put a smile back on the face of a furious Christophe Urios after the disillusionment of last weekend – “What disappointed me was that we hadn't managed to find the keys collectively While I found that we were gaining momentum, we had the feeling of having taken a step backwards”, recalled the person concerned on Sunday evening – but very happy that his team was able to avoid the trap created by these people from Vanne. certainly last of Top 14, but which he seemed to fear a lot, especially on his lawn (“It's not easy to win in Vannes”). “Tonight (Sunday evening), we are not shying away from our pleasure,” appreciates the loud-mouthed ASM coach in the columns of The Mountain.
Urios: “Our indiscipline could have cost us dearly”
“We erased our stupidity from last week, we showed a lot of character, even in the storm, like the last quarter of an hour. Where I think we were strong,” continued Urios, satisfied but not yet satisfied to the extent that he felt afterwards that his team “could have done better”. The former Castres hooker once again deplored the lack of discipline of his players (16 penalties conceded), who had already failed in this sector against the Montpellier team. “We made it difficult for ourselves, with discipline that was not up to the task of this match. We knew we had to be very disciplined and we weren't. It could have cost us dearly.” However, it was said that the coach of this Clermont team which is back in 4th place in the ranking would finish on a good note. “We could have won the match with the offensive bonus, so tonight (Sunday), we are happy.”
