It is an understatement to say that the Sélestadiens had revenge to take after their defeat, the seventh in a row, against Istres (23-27) a week earlier at the CSI. Laurent Busselier’s players, back in troubled waters seven days before the end of the championship, therefore especially needed points to position themselves favorably in the race to maintain D1.
Certainly, Tremblay has completed a journey that allows him to still believe (a little) in European qualification. Certainly, the purple infirmary was still (too) full with George Baltyde, Mendy, Jaeger, Van Ee injured.
But the promoted player was obliged to run his score, stuck at ten points since the victory (33-39) in Chartres on… February 14, during the first day of the return phase.
Would the presence of former club stars, honored before kick-off, inspire Téo Egermann and his teammates? Like the memory of the first leg, November 21 in 93,
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