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  • David Mele

Despite a big knock in the last match, David Mélé will hold his place against Biarrtz

 

What feedback did you make to victory against Vannes?

"Every Monday, we debrief the matches of the weekend. We can see a very good first half, with 4 tries scored at 1. After we have an air hole that makes them return to 8 or 10 points of us. That's several games where it happens to us, these little holes of air. Is it mentally, we are in front of, we say we can a little lift? I do not think so. It is because, as the score seems acquired, we give ourselves the right to try certain things, that we should not. And, suddenly, we run after the opposing team, which score 2, 3 trials in a row. It will quickly have to correct this, because the Biarrots will use it. "

Is it easier to prepare the match against Biarritz

"No, I will not say that, because all Pro D2 games are important. We knew that Vannes, despite a reworked team, would come with ambitions. They saw that Massy had come to pose problems for us, that Mont-de-Marsan posed problems for us, that Béziers also knew how to pose us problems. They came into this state of mind and if they score 3 tries like that, it's not unconscious. "

Must we learn to kill matches?

"We could have thought that at 30 to 0, the match was bent, but the opposing teams make us lie and go back a little. But after, we knew how to kill them. We have to correct that and stop having these air holes. "

Especially against a big French rugby team ...

"Biarritz is a big team. The FCG was one and, I think, still is. It's going to be a duel at the top, it's not for nothing that we play Thursday night. We will have to show everyone and send a message that when you come to the Stade des Alpes, it's complicated. "