Satisfied with the victory of his men after two weeks of preparation, the coach of the Blues is aware of the difficulties encountered by his team this Saturday night against the Pumas.
What analysis do you make of this meeting?
FABIEN GALTHIÉ.
She was tough and indecisive until the end.
It was important to win this first match, the team haven't played together for eight months
(many starters didn't take part in the Australia tour in June)
, but we were able to prepare for two weeks, and this preparation helped us to impose ourselves.
There isn't a game at this level where you think it's going to be easy.
Did you expect these difficulties in the game?
It's a very difficult tour, and we started it playing Latins who come with three months of competition in the engine.
We expected this kind of match, with difficult specifics.
Then we will have Georgia, it will also be a match with combat, confrontation, with players who play in France for the most part.
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What did you see working towards the clash against New Zealand in two weeks?
We are already going to prepare Georgia for the moment.
We know the rest of the program, but the big focus for now is on the upcoming meeting.
The third game will come after, and quickly, because there will be six days between the two.
We will take the time to analyze this first match, and to discuss with the staff.
What did you think of the association between Matthieu Jalibert and Romain Ntamack?
It was a possibility to totally change our composition and our way of playing depending on the scenario.
We had several options that we had worked on.
We felt that we needed more impact, more physical density.
We were roughed up, they were more present than us in the ground game.
With someone like Jonathan Danty, we chose to coach players who bring more aggressiveness and strength.
It's a match where we had to change organization during the match.
And the first selection of Thibaud Flament, author of the first test?
His test comes from a great race he did, he did well in the meantime.
He played a match like that of the France team, and his try allowed us to win.
That's good, especially since it was a discovery for him.
