What was the atmosphere in the locker room after this fourth consecutive defeat?
In the locker room, there was disappointment because, without lacking humility, we all had the feeling that there was room to do something else in this match. But what stands out is above all that we already have the lead in the match against Oyonnax [NDLR : vendredi à 19 h 30]. There is no doubt. Certainly, we are in a bad dynamic. Now we're going to get closer as a team and I think we're going to show it next week.
How do you explain this gap again in the second half with three tries conceded in a quarter of an hour (54e57e68e) ?
These air holes, I don't really know what's going on. These are little careless mistakes, little things that we leave them with, and then it hits the mark. We knew that they have a big back triangle with players who have speed. So if there are individual errors, we pay for it in cash. It's annoying because it's always the same thing…
However, you take the lead at the break (15-17) and Julien Lebian has the opportunity to make the break. Is this the turning point of the match?
We do this cross with the foot that Julien does not manage to catch and behind we take a try. It’s true that this action hurts us. Sometimes there are simple things to do. If we score, it may not be the same match, we are a little further behind them. We have to pay ourselves more when we enter the scoring zone because we don't have the opportunity to enter it fifty times.
“I feel guys who are motivated and I didn’t feel this evening a team that stayed on the bus”
What is the speech at the break after a first period where you played almost the perfect match away?
At half-time, we said to ourselves that we had to keep exactly the same game plan. We knew very well that they were going to take us in the middle, that they were going to reassure themselves like that by putting a little more pace of the match. We managed to kill the rhythm a little in the first half with some kicking and good pressure. We knew what to expect, but we still got caught.
Are the first fifty minutes nevertheless a source of hope for the future?
Today, I think that there is not everything to throw away, on the contrary. We competed in many sectors. But you have to manage to do it for 80 minutes, especially in Béziers where they often have the right rebounds, this grinta and this success. So behind, we get punished for the slightest mistake. But we have to use this match to continue moving forward. We still saw some very beautiful things. It's a shame, it's annoying, there was room to do something else.
Your next opponent Oyonnax is also in bad shape. Can we already talk about a match of fear on Friday (7:30 p.m.) in Armandie?
It won't be a fear match at all, on the contrary. We're going to be in a match where we're going to get back on track, that's a certainty. We're going to get our heads above water. I feel guys who are motivated and I didn't feel a team this evening that stayed on the bus, far from it. I trust all the guys around me. This match in Béziers has passed. Frankly, we wanted to do much better. But it's done and we have to move on to the match against Oyonnax. We really have this meeting in mind to take at least 4 points.
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