As the final progressed, and the wreck of his team stifled by Toulouse, we saw Maxime Lucu more and more dejected. The scrum half, and this is also the case for all his teammates, was not at the party at all. He, who loves the Olympique de Marseille and the Vélodrome, will not at all have good memories of this last weekend of June.
Maxime Lucu still had the courage to show up in the mixed zone, to debrief on this match, or rather this non-match against Stade Toulousain. And how sad for him to fail in such a violent way after such a great season, and all the work he has done in recent months! Especially with such a scenario.
It’s very difficult to accept. Having such a season, giving a lot of strength to reach the final… It’s difficult for the club and the supporters. And above all, what predominates beyond losing a final is to miss out. To suffer this humiliation. It’s hard (…) There is a class difference between them (Toulousains) and us (…) I gave everything and I wanted to lead the club to a French championship title (…) Today I wanted to be rewarded and that wasn’t the case.
“It doesn’t take anything away from what we’ve done this year.”
Like Yannick Bru, Maxime Lucu bows to Toulouse domination. And like Yannick Bru, he also wants to remember his team’s good overall season. It ends very badly, of course, but should we stop at this one match? Not for him. Ugo Mola told the press that Bordeaux would become an increasingly serious competitor in the years to come. This season proves the Toulouse coach right and Maxime Lucu wants to believe that.
We must also highlight the season that we have had, and that few of you (the journalists) have underlined. We missed out but that doesn’t take away from what we did this year.
This defeat must fuel us to come back with a lot of certainty next season. We have progressed a lot. UBB had never been to the final, and we will have to build on that.
To sum up
As the final progressed, and the wreck of his team stifled by Toulouse, we saw Maxime Lucu more and more dejected. The scrum half still had the courage to be present in the mixed zone, to debrief this meeting. And if the scenario is very cruel, he prefers to retain the entire season which, for him, is successful.
