Saint-André after Toulouse – Montpellier: “At the rate of 12 points on foot”
Philippe Saint-André (Coach of Montpellier, beaten in Toulouse) “We knew we had to make the perfect match. We have a first period of quality even if we do not score enough on our highlights. After in the second half, they score two tries, we take two yellow cards. At the rate of 12 points per foot. We made them doubt, we must make them doubt more, but our indiscipline and our lack of efficiency cost dearly. Even on a double weekend, Toulouse brings in four or five internationals. We have done a lot. We made them doubt, but we didn’t know how to make them doubt anymore. We had chances, we went ahead on a surplus, we lacked accuracy and efficiency. We were clean and disciplined in the first half, but when you don’t punish the opponent, you get punished…
Anthony Bouthier (back of Montpellier) : “We are in contact during the first period, after we let them play their game, we suffer, we take a card, we say things to each other, and we don’t do it, we have a lot of regrets because we do forty good first periods, we were in contact, even in front, we missed out. We fell back into our ways, we started the second half badly, we always have a bad patch in a match, we have to erase quickly, we are no longer in the top 6, we really have to stick to this pack. We rest a little too much on the end of last season, we have to try to forget, collectively, not on the same line, we say a lot of things to each other, we work well but each time, this slump, it It is not possible to fail in front of such a team. »