Toulouse-UBB. Christophe Urios: “I’m surprised at the way the end of the match was refereed”
By Clement Mazella
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If he is still leader of the Top 14, Bordeaux-Bègles saw its lead melt like snow in the sun, in particular due to a series of three defeats in a row. Now, he is only one unit ahead of Montpellier, who are one game behind more than UBB.
Sunday February 27, at the end of the 19and day, the Gironde team lost by the smallest of margins against the Toulouse stadium (12-11), giving regrets to a “disappointed” Christophe Urios. “I think that today we could have taken more than one point”, reacted to Canal + the manager. Hot, he showed that his players had “not been good enough on the placed game”. “We did not start our game well, and we did not manage to destabilize them. That’s a shame “.
Urios: “I understand that Toulouse was in difficulty, I understand that…”
With his outspokenness, Urios did not hide his afternoon with respect to the arbitration of Thomas Charabas. “I’m surprised how the end of the match was refereed. This has happened to us twice. Already in Toulon (21-18 defeat, editor’s note). Then it happens to us today ”, railed the former front row player. And who added:
“I need to see the match again. I understand that Toulouse was in, I understand it, eh… In the last sequences, there are a lot of fouls that are not whistled. And that bothers me. On the last sequence that we do, there are a lot of mistakes: there is a high tackle on Cros, there is a guy who comes to dive…”
Delighted with the attitude of the young people
Christophe Urios ended up tempering his proposals on arbitration by determining that his team would in the future “try to improve what (we) can control, namely (our) game”.
And he also wants hold on to the positive of this trip where the UBB still gleaned a defensive bonus on the lawn of Ernest-Wallon: “I appreciated the state of mind, the way in which we suggested this match. On a game played this game to win it. I also appreciated the behavior of the young people, they really surprise me and they are not shy, even in a hostile environment. It is rather positive for our future”. During the 20and day, Saturday March 5, 2022, Bordeaux-Bègles will receive Pau (5 p.m.) with the aim of ending its bad series.
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