Champions Cup. Toulouse sale found: “The whole team will be revengeful for Thomas Ramos”
Through Clement Mazella
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On the side of Sale, we have not forgotten the little spanking price at Toulouse in the middle of December during the 2e day of Champions Cup (45-19). From the final whistle, the Sharks had set the tone for the second leg, wishing to “break mouths” and set the record straight.
“We were promised a return match in hell, that they would benefit from the return of world-class players according to the words of their coaches”, recalled the head coach of the club to the press. Toulouse stadium Ugo Mola. “This match will not be easy, that’s obvious. They warned us: we cannot say that we were not.
Thomas Ramos’ red card
While Toulouse fired all the guns and took the offensive bonus, the game was punctuated with small clashes here and there. The end of the match was subject to a large crowd, while Martin Page-Relo spun to the test under the posts of Sale. The verdict was harsh: red card for Thomas Ramos and an 5 week suspension for the international back, who will be absent for this return match on January 14 (2 p.m.) in the suburbs of Manchester.
“This Sale team will oppose us with great aggression. Unfortunately, we took a lot of money in the first leg with the suspension of Thomas. The match ended on a high level of tension, and misunderstanding on our part with the quote from Thomas. We paid a heavy price”, a soufflé Ugo Mola.
protection status
Ramos was notably found guilty of a headbutt on his vis-à-vis during a scuffle. Fabien Galthié, coach of the XV of France, spoke of “a lack of emotional control” of the part of the Toulouse rear. Mola, he is not of the same opinion:
On Thomas’ lack of control, it must be recognized that the end clash is subject to debate. I don’t think there is a lack of control, it’s more of a protection situation for me. It is also taken on another act without supporting evidence. This is costing us dearly, but especially Thomas.
The 3e international line, Anthony Jelonch, admits that his team has not forgotten anything. And that she will be ready to face, and look straight in the eyes this team of Sale, 2e of the English Championship. “This is going to be one of our biggest games of the season, we know that. And the whole team will be revengeful for Thomas who took this red which I don’t know if it is deserved. We all have that in the back of our minds”.
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Toulouse qualified on Saturday?
And if Ugo Mola believes that “the ambushes still exist in rugby”, the head coach does not want his team to fixate on the tension of the first leg. “Before making it a personal matter, there is a qualification to seek for the two teams. That is the most important”.
Hard to fault him. If successful, Toulouse, which has already 9 points in the standingswill be guaranteed a place in 1/8e Champions Cup final. And could have his destiny in his hands in order to play it at home, and why not free up the table a little. The stake of the match of Sale, it is all found…
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