At the worst game to lose the match, the Stade Français left the hand to Pau for an hour.
Three tries including the bonus just after the hour mark, an opposing opener next to his pumps and missed touches in all directions by the Section, Paris had enough to see coming to regain victory after four consecutive defeats and s offer an offensive bonus at snack time.
And then ?
Emptiness, suddenly.
"Unconsciously, we relax," sighs the second line of the capital, Pierre-Henri Azagoh.
How ?
First by taking two tries in four minutes from a suddenly boosted Antoine Hastoy to put his Palois back in the game (18-18, 72nd).
"We had a bad game, but we still managed to be in the game at the end to win", describes the third line from Béarnais, Martin Puech.
“At that time, we didn't want to give too many instructions, we didn't want to add stress to our players, describes Parisian manager Gonzalo Quesada.
We looked at the attitudes in the in-goal, of the leaders in particular, and we saw that they were good.
On arrival, the draw is only due to one action.
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“Nothing to think about the Top 6 today”
Time for the Stade Français to scratch a foul on the kickoff to seal the victory with the foot of Nicolas Sanchez (21-18).
Four more points in the standings to further ward off the already very distant specter of a distressing end to the season, but no small bonus to pass the opponent of the day and get a little closer to the top of the table, where sixth place is temporarily at seven points ahead of the rest of the day.
“We are going to calm down a bit, replies Pierre-Henri Azagoh when we launch him on the final inclinations for a barrage from the Parisians.
We are coming out of complicated weeks with three derbies lost, we will already be satisfied with victory and we will see after.
Today, there is nothing to brag about and think about the Top 6. There are still big pieces to our program, we will have to apply ourselves.
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“There was the risk of ending the season in a very uncomfortable way if we didn't win today (Editor's note: Saturday).
There, it's done and we are four points behind Clermont, where we are going in a week, his coach prefers to be positive.
Today, we are disappointed with the content.
When you see the context of the match, there was room to do better, especially in attack.
But there is always a forward or something done 50% to prevent us.
» The story of a season.