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A successful comeback
Seven years of waiting.
Back in Top 14 after six seasons spent in Pro D2, Biarritz Olympique was quick to clinch its first success of the season.
In Aguiléra, in a full stadium, Steffon Armitage's teammates have shown that they have not returned to the top flight to make up the numbers.
A promising start for the Biarrots.
The envy of Biarritz
The Basques knew they were expected to return to the big leagues. Like their barrage of accession at the end of last season, the Biarrots showed an attractive face in front of their audience. With an aggressive defense and a real collective, the Biarrots showed a lot of envy. Symbol of this willingness to play, the number of preferred penalty kicks in points. It is also on one of them that the second attempt of the meeting took place. Awarded.
Saili the essential
It is certainly the player who distinguished himself the most this Saturday in Aguiléra.
If the Biarritz forwards made a particularly interesting collective performance, Francis Saili gave him a particularly remarkable match.
In all the good shots, he was the spearhead of the Basque defense, aggressively climbing on the ball carrier.
He is the source of several decisive ball recoveries.
An XXL service.
Flops
The catastrophic start of the Bordelais
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We are beaten in all areas. We give the impression of playing against a team where they are 18. They go faster than us, they are first everywhere…
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How can I be satisfied with this start of the match knowing that all week I have talked about starting a match…
”These words are those of Christophe Urios at the microphone of
Canal +
. Quite annoyed by the performance of his team, the general manager of the UBB did not mince words when analyzing the first twenty minutes of his team. A completely failed start, which set the tone for the Bordeaux match, overwhelmed for much of the afternoon. A match to forget for the Girondins.
Diaby in difficulty
Back from a ruptured Achilles tendon, Mahamadou Diaby will not have had a great Saturday afternoon in Biarritz.
In difficulty like all of his partners, he was one of the two tactical choices of Christophe Urios when, from the quarter of an hour of play, he was forced to give way to Vergnes.
He will not have had the same luck as his partner Thomas Jolmes, released seven minutes later, and returned to play in the last ten minutes.
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A too late reaction
Abused for more than an hour, the Union Bordeaux-Bègles had a golden opportunity to restart the meeting in the last twenty minutes, with a yellow card inflicted on the premises. But, unable to find space, to accelerate in the face of Biarrass fatigue, the Bordelais will have spent ten minutes in numerical superiority without scoring a single point. The reaction, symbolized by the tests of Roussel (73rd) and Moefana (77th), will be far too late to revive the suspense and win the slightest point of this first trip.