Without waiting, the joker sprang from its box.
It has been four minutes since Matthieu Jalibert took over from Romain Ntamack.
Little footwork for himself, acceleration, fixing, passing.
A decisive action which will lead to the second try of Damian Penaud (60th).
Twelve minutes later, rebelote and ten der.
The opener hits above the Japanese defense, recovers and launches the cavalry.
Jelonch essay.
Two brilliant strokes that have not finished fueling the debate.
His Toulouse rival, renewed holder all autumn, has, for the third time, delivered a service without much relief.
When Bordeaux changed everything.
Facing the microphones, he painfully hides his jubilation.
“I try, as a finisher, to stay in the frame without overplaying but by bringing my touch, not to lower the level of the team but to bring my qualities to it.
Out of the three games, I think I managed to do that.
I brought my energy, my enthusiasm and it paid off.”
Is he animated, each time he returns, by a feeling of revenge?
“Not especially,”
he replies in as neutral a voice as possible.
I take the time given to me and I try to do my best to help the team perform
.
He says he noticed, from the bench, some weaknesses in the Japanese second defensive curtain
.
“We have time to analyze and target opportunities.
Finisher, we benefit from the work of undermining.
With my qualities of speed, it allowed me to make the difference.
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Had he received instructions from the staff to try these two actions?
“No, but he knows my qualities.
I am a player who likes to attack the line, to try things that come up with me.
I play on instinct.
Do his three decisive entries feed his frustration in the face of a hierarchy frozen by the coach in the name of “duty of memory”?
His pout says more than his words.
“It is not to me that you should ask the question, but to the staff.
I make my entries as best I can.
Afterwards, there are choices and you have to accept them.
I stay positive.”
