This Saturday, Montpellier lost at the very end of the match against Castres Olympique, at Pierre-Fabre.
The Héraultais thought they had held on to victory.
But the Castres scored the winning try in the very last seconds of play, beating Montpellier to the post.
Questioned after the meeting, the manager of the MHR, Joan Caudullo expressed his great disappointment but also his anger.
Without quoting him, Joan Caudullo rails against the referee.
He believes that the Castres are at fault for the last action and therefore do not deserve their victory.
According to him, it was Montpellier who won this Saturday. Extract:
“When you win the match, it sucks to lose it, because for me today, we won the match… Unfortunately, in the 80th, there was a touch, I didn't know we had the right to touch the jumper in the air, I learned a rule today. I have to learn the rules. We learn all our lives, at 42, I'm still learning. It sucks, we won from the 1st to the 80th, unfortunately, someone decided otherwise, there were two more minutes and Castres took the opportunity to score. Congratulations to them.
This match, we must be with 4 points today. We had a strategy that worked well. We hurt them… Castres had some good matches at home, putting in some good performances, especially in Toulouse. I spoke to my players. I didn't know what to tell them. I am proud of them.
Now, we narrowly lose at home, we're missing a few things to win matches more easily. I'm completely frustrated. In the 80th minute, there was a mistake from a Castres player which prevented us from winning the match… We tried everything we had to try, I had the feeling that we had to put pressure on Castres, we won this showdown, even if the second period was not the same.
We receive Pau in three weeks, and if we miss it, we will be last, or penultimate. I think we deserved to move up the rankings, to show that the face of the team is not the one we have today. We want to have a team that is tough to play, that annoys the opponent. We are there.
Castres rarely loses at home, and in the 70th minute, we are 10 points ahead. We still need to win it faster. We're going on vacation, they're going to be complicated. »
