Rouen: do not go there as a victim
The Normans did not take the measure of the match that opposed them to Bourg-en-Bresse, they will therefore have to move quickly to another chosen, the trip to Colomiers should not be an additional purge.
Because at the dawn of this match, it is easy, given the state of form of the two teams, to say that Rouen will have trouble competing. In the first leg, Rouen had lost, but taking the defensive bonus point and Julien Sarraute, the coach of Colomiers, had praised the quality of this team. But months have passed and Rouen no longer scares anyone.
So certainly, Colomiers has won only one of the last five games, but Rouen has lost all five. “Yes we had a bad game, but despite everything four minutes from the end, we were 11 to 11 against Bourg-en-Bresse. It is this control that we lack when it’s hard, the weather conditions, game content, it’s hard to be patient when the going gets tough, and we always make the wrong choices., confides Renaud Dullin, one of the Rouen coaches. Above all, on a glance that when the leaders are in difficulty, the person does not take over on the ground. Jordan Michallet got through it, Tino Mapapalangi never knew how to find the distance to impact, and Peter Lydon often forced the line.
Go get points
“The results will come when we learn to manage complicated game situations, to find alternation, to adapt. We must also be able to count on a more solid team, because this game cannot be based on two or three players to whom we give the responsibility, because if one day they are less well, it is up to the collective to take over, send the message and say no worries we are there “, admits the technician of three quarters. What we can hope is that Rouen will put the necessary ingredients to make a full full match, and get points everywhere. Rouen has already done it in Provence and against Oyonnax, expecting less from the leaders and finding a solid collective which finishes its actions and scores the points when the team is in the advance