If this new form of knockout stages of the Champions Cup in home and away matches does not only have supporters, Ugo Mola has always assured him that he finds it "
attractive
".
The Stade Toulousain manager can now add that she is… providential.
Without this new format, the reigning European champion would indeed already be at the door, eliminated at home by the Irish province of Ulster (20-26).
Instead of a resounding failure, Antoine Dupont and his partners find themselves facing a challenge to their measure: winning Saturday evening (9 p.m.) in Belfast with a margin of at least 7 points on the Ravenhill scoreboard. Park.
An old-fashioned stadium, in its own juice, with spectators crammed in to the chalk line.
A fortress where the Northern Irish team, the red hand symbol of Protestant Unionists embroidered on the heart (“Ulster bloody”), very rarely loses.
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