Tops
Camille Lopez
With seven transformed kicks, Camille Lopez was one of the main players in this victory in Clermont.
The opener from Auvergne abandoned the kicking game in the game favoring possession of the ball (60% of the time for Clermont).
He also took advantage of the (many) Parisian faults to register five penalties and two conversions.
A good performance from the opening half of Clermont.
Imperial Matsushima
As important on the aerial balls of Joris Segonds as on the offensive phases of play, the Japanese back of AS Clermont delivered a very good performance this evening.
Victim of some imprecision (like Clermont), he will be decisive in avoiding the rise in point of Danty and by giving an offering for Raka.
The international tricolor winger will only have to flatten the leather under the posts (30th).
In the second period, it is he who will penalize Danty for a high tackle (67th) before excluding Etien (74th).
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Flops
The Parisians too undisciplined
On the ground, in defense, in the air ... The Parisians have multiplied the faults during this meeting.
An indiscipline symbolized by the boxes received by the players of Gonzalo Quesada.
Latu was sanctioned with a yellow in the 57th minute before Santy, for a high tackle on Matsushima, imitated him.
Lester Etien, guilty of a dangerous game with his foot on the Japanese rear, will be excluded by Mr. Raynal (74th).
The Stade Français will have spent a good part of the second half in numerical inferiority and will have especially allowed Camille Lopez to inquire the penalties.
In total, the Clermont opener will register five penalties.
For their part, the Parisians were sanctioned with 14 penalties against 8 on the yellow and blue side.
Clermont inaccuracies
The Auvergnats were guilty of numerous losses of balls during the whole match.
Although stuck between two international weeks and two European weeks, this 20th day of the Top 14 was essential in the fight for the finals.
If Franck Azéma's men finally managed to win, they did not show their best face of the season.
Far from there.
In touch, in the air, or on the ground, the Clermontois were often passed and had to rely on Parisian indiscipline to achieve victory.
They will have to work in many sectors to hope for an exciting end to the season.
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