This is THE black point of the enhanced victory of the Toulouse stadium a Cardiff (7-39): the serious Baptiste Germain injury 5 minutes from the end of the party. On a start behind a scrum, the scrum half will replace being sharply stopped by the young Welsh full-back, Jacob Beetham, who, due to a load to the shoulder directly into Germain’s head, received a Red card.

Before coming to speak to the press, Ugo mola took the time to hear from the medical staff about his player. The head coach did not look super happy when he followed:

I don’t want to bring bad luck or be overly optimistic. I’ll take the time to check with the medical staff. For Baptiste, it cracked at the ankle. Are we at the level of the sprain or a little more? I hope it will stop at the sprain, but the images are not very reassuring.

Screaming in pain on the ground, hand on his face, Germain came out of the field supported by two healers, unable to lean on his right leg. We will cross our fingers on the side of Toulouse, while the other scrum half, Alexi Balès, pointed in recent weeks to the infirmary.

Charlie Faumuina: a respiratory problem

During the warm-up, Stade Toulousain had already suffered a hard blow with Charlie Faumuina’s package. The New Zealand pillar encountered “a respiratory problem that worried us,” says Mola. He goes on: “We will take the necessary measures on his subject.” It is Dorian Aldegheri who found himself propelled, and Paulo Tafili integrated the scoresheet.

Wounds that will have to be healed very quickly, before receiving the wasps Sunday December 19. “In the European Cup, everything is accelerated, exacerbated. We have to take advantage, but also quickly that we switch “, underlines Mola. After having “fulfilled the contract” in Cardiff, the Stade Toulousain, defending champion, will have to grit their teeth in an attempt to also refuel against a completely unpredictable English team.

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