On the blackboard, the calculations are quite simple.
The Blues will win the Six Nations Tournament if they register at least four tries and dominate the Scots by 21 points or more.
Twenty units may even be enough if they plant six trials.
On the green carpet of the Stade de France, however, the explanation promises to be a bit more complex, this Friday evening (9 p.m.).
It could even become spicy against a XV of Chardon who is aiming for second place in the competition.
How to crush Scotland indeed, knowing that, apart from Italy, the beatings are not picked up with a shovel in this European Championship which does not speak its name?
“We must not be mistaken, the challenge is to perform well and win the match, replies coach Fabien Galthié in the purest language.
The rest will come depending on the construction and the scenario of the meeting.
“Exactly, this XV of France who walked in Italy (50-10), resisted in Ireland (15-13), fell in England (23-20), before overthrowing Wales (32- 30) come to seek a Grand Slam in Saint-Denis, does he have the means to outclass Scotland?
“The first feeling that comes to me is that it's infeasible, retorts Denis Charvet, the former three-quarter international, consultant on RMC.
And then, when we see the end of the match against the Welsh
(Editor's note:
led 30-20, the Blues scored 12 points in 6 minutes riding the siren
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, we say to ourselves that with this team, anything is possible.
She is so enthusiastic, so little inhabited by doubt, that everything seems within reach.
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“It would be such a feat!
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The former Toulousain immediately recovered.
“But that would be such a feat!
he exclaims.
The Scots are going to engage in an excessive game.
They know how to evolve at a very high pace and they have an impressive ability to keep the ball.
They also have players like Racing opener Finn Russell who will set the pitch on fire if the game gets carried away.
It will be necessary that it is the sacred union among the Blues around Charles Ollivon which imposes itself over the meetings as a great captain.
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If one relies on recent statistics, the operation does not appear as incredible as at first glance.
Two years ago, the Habs swept the Scots in Nice in a preparatory match for the Japanese World Cup (32-3), August 17, 2019. Six months earlier in the Tournament, February 23 at the Stade de France, they did not 'had come close to inflicting a 20 point difference (27-10).
"What changes everything is what they experienced in front of the Welsh," said Guy Accoceberry, former international scrum half, consultant for France Inter.
This final will boost them.
They scored 12 points in 6 minutes!
This France team has incredible attacking potential.
I firmly believe in it.
She will win the Tournament.
His motivation will be disproportionate to that of the Scots.
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Pierre Villepreux, the former coach, thinks about the same thing.
“It is quite possible, he says.
On condition that they give themselves the means.
They have nothing to lose anyway.
You have to sauté the Scottish cork.
If they are willing to take risks from the start, since their potential is greater, they have every chance.
It's the perfect match to give it your all without asking questions.
"" I believe that we should not focus on the result, nuance Denis Charvet.
We must not rush things.
If they're obsessed with the score, they can pay it off if things don't go their way.
It will be necessary to be very lucid.
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