Six games, two home wins and four away.
In front of deserted stands, the Covid-19 crisis requires, the first two days of the Six Nations Tournament did not smile on the receiving teams.
We will not learn hastily from the consequences of the absence of popular support on the performance of national selections, but the unprecedented context of the closed doors must be taken into account in these results.
"We can not quantify the impact of an audience pushing his team, but it necessarily plays at one time or another,
enlightens Dimitri Yachvili, consultant on France 2.
As a former player, I felt it especially in the last ten minutes, in what the Americans rightly call “money time”, a moment of great tension where you feel that the game can turn to details.
This is when the public can help you sublimate yourself. ”
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