Starligue: “With Toulouse, we never really liked each other”, warns Raphaël Caucheteux
Victim of a punch from the Toulouse center-half Maxime Gilbert, and hit in the eye on April 20 on the Fénix pitch, the SRVHB right-back, Xavier Barachet, could undoubtedly talk to you much better than us of the intensity put on by the players of the Ville Rose during the quarter-final of the Coupe de France lost (36-32) by the Raphaëlois just two weeks ago. An elimination that left traces in the ranks of the SRVHB. But also in the minds of Raphaël.
“Always a bit hot”
“We had a bit of trouble there with Xavier’s injury [Barachet, fracture du sinus] and Dip’s red card [Adrien Dipanda avait dû quitter ses partenaires à la 38e minute]remembers Caucheteux. With Toulouse, it has always been a bit hot. We never really liked each other. But we will show them that we want to remember with the top of the table (the SRVHB is 8th, five points from Toulouse which occupies a sixth qualifying place for the European League). We’re going to show them that we’re not at the beach yet”warns Raphaël’s top scorer (153 goals this season).
“This time, we will be in our room (the SRVHB have lost twice this season against Fenix, both times in Toulouse). And we will get them into the field of aggression and combat”announces for his part the Raphaëlois trainer Rares Fortuneanu who will be able to count on the returns of Vadim Gayduchenko and Aleksa Kolakovic to go into battle.
Combative therefore, but still deprived of Xavier Barachet, expected, like Alexandre Demaille and Jonathan Mapu, for the trip to Chambéry on May 20. Another decisive match in the Raphaëlois’ European quest. What an end to the season!