What you must remember :
For Racing 92, it's always Spring.
Postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the quarter-final of the European Rugby Cup scheduled for April on the lawn of Clermont gave birth to a beautiful evening of rugby (27-36), this Saturday, September 19, at the Marcel-Michelin stadium in Clermont-Ferrand.
Five months later, this Franco-French duel between the winner of the Challenge Cup 2019 and the finalist of the Champions Cup 2018 quickly shifted to Ile-de-France, winners after a successful performance.
A scenario all in all expected, while the two teams had been sailing in different waters in the league since the resumption: we know that Clermont doubts (narrow victory against Stade Toulouse and a defeat in Bayonne), while Racing arrived launched (two beautiful success in Lyon then against Montpellier).
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- Racing 92 (@ racing92) September 19, 2020
A Racing which was quick to set the tone for a quickly packed game, where his winger Louis Dupichot flattened into a corner (2nd).
The Jaunards, undisciplined for an hour, took advantage of the Ile-de-France residents being somewhat groggy after the exit on serious injury of the same Dupichot to register a try by Etienne Falgoux (23rd).
Clermont (tests by Wesley Fofana, 60th, Kotaro Matsushima, 70th, and Damian Penaud, 77th) responded a little too late to Racing (test by François Trinh-Duc, 39th), and it is almost perfect kicking play Teddy Iribaren (7/8) who took the yellow fortress, where Clermont had so far won 35 of his 37 home matches in the European Cup.
The Racingmen join in the semi-final the English of Saracens, scorers from Leinster, whom they will welcome in their Arena next Saturday.
The big injury: Louis Dupichot
Author of the first try of the match, his sixth in the European Cup, Louis Dupichot very quickly sanctioned the Jaunards overtaken from the start.
But the one who is making a place in the sun on the wing of Racing had to give up his place after barely twenty minutes, heavily hit in a knee.
Applauded by the 5,000 spectators present, he went directly to the hospital, according to information from the broadcaster, France 2.
The number: 4
In five meetings between ASM and Racing 92 in the European Cup, the Ile-de-France residents have the Auvergnats for the fourth time.
The last confrontation between the two teams dated from 2018, when Racing had already won against Marcel-Michelin, in the quarterfinals of the competition (17-28).
UBB in the other last square
Earlier in the day, Bordeaux-BĂšgles won 23 to 14 ahead of the Scots of Edinburgh, Saturday in Chaban-Delmas, in the quarter-final of the Challenge Cup.
The Girondins will travel to Bristol on Saturday to play their European semi-final.
