Matthis Lebel’s observation on the Stade season
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Matthis Lebel was one of the outstanding players on the Toulouse side of the match between the Red and Blacks and Munster last weekend. The young winger scored twice in this quarter-final.
Now it’s another European giant that stands in the way of the defending champion: Leinster. A “of the best teams in Europe” as the Toulouse winger clairvoyantly indicates in an interview with AFP. “Leinster have dominated every team they have faced since the start of the season, with three-quarters of the Irish team in their ranks. They are in place, formidable in all parts of the pitch”he adds.
Toulouse is not necessarily a favorite in this meeting. The fault is probably a rather complicated season in terms of results, especially during the 6 Nations international tournament with the absence of many.
And this constant, Matthis Lebel does not hide it. Quite the contrary. But that shouldn’t be reason to think you’re losing in advance to the Irish armada.
It’s a bit of a weird season, yes. We started really well before having a slack with the departure of the internationals. We have sometimes been in the hard, but we are always in the nails. On a known make the round back. We “ate” a little while being under fire from critics, but that’s part of the game when you come out of such a successful last season. I don’t know what the end will have in store for us, but we won’t let go until the end, that’s for sure.
to summarize
After a European quarter-final won against Munster, Stade Toulousain found Leinster in the dmei-final, without having given the status of favorite after a complicated season for the Rouge et Noir. But that’s no reason for Matthis Lebel to give up in advance.