Loud and loud, Gonzalo Quesada had proclaimed: "The group is angry".
Without success for three meetings, the Stade Français players urgently needed to hug each other.
Not to congratulate himself, but rather to shake himself up very hard.
After Pau, Montpellier and Biarritz, the Parisians finally showed signs of a reaction on Sunday.
While the weeks were similar, the Ile-de-France club finally woke up in Jean-Bouin, where he knocked down La Rochelle (25-20), fifth in the championship.
A mission not won in advance in the current context, when it was a question of containing the finalist of the last championship.
In a meeting where an electroshock was required, even vital, the Pink Army (finally) showed fighting spirit to avoid a third poor performance at home, after Racing and MHR.
However, it really did not take the path.
And Waisea out of his box
Because at half-time, Paris had already taken three: Rémi Bourdeau rewarded the work of the Rochelais pack (3-5, 7th), Arthur Retière planted his second try of the season (6-15, 22nd), before Raymond Rhule does not find a new flaw too easily (30th, 6-20).
But out of nowhere, Waisea scored the double of hope (20-20, 38th, 40th + 1).
Reinvigorated, returned to life when we thought they were already lost, the Parisians have proven that they are better than that.
In numerical superiority, Lester Etien took advantage of a huge pass from Joris Segonds to allow them to pass in front (25-20, 54th).
Definitively.
Joris Segonds' pass for Etien over almost half the width of the pitch ☄️🤯 #SFPSR pic.twitter.com/DXEPywKZRi
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At the cost of a stunning scenario and an incredible 19-0 past in about forty minutes, Quesada and his men, now tenths, take a little air on a red zone in which they were stuck for too long.
During a double-ended meeting, where victory leads to dreaming of qualifying again (isn't the top 6 just six points?), Where a defeat would have led to talk of an urgent quest for the maintenance, the Stadists have shown signs of life.
At last.
The manager had called him his words, he was heard, at the best of times.
“The pressure was enormous throughout the week,” explains Joris Segonds.
This victory is good.
I'm happy for the coaches, just for them.
After that it is only a victory.
But we showed character.
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