While everyone hoped to see it raise its head during this Six Nations Tournament against Italy this Sunday near Lille, the French team sank a little further into crisis by conceding a sad draw against to the Transalpins (13-13).
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However, the match started very well for the Blues with a try in the 7th minute from Jalibert, followed by a penalty from Ramos to bring the score to 10-0 after a quarter of an hour.
But the rest was only going to be a long waking nightmare for Fabien Galthié's men, reduced to 14 with the yellow card, transformed into red after a bunker, to Danty at the break.
The end of the match was going to be Italian with a try from Capuozzo in the 71st which put the two teams back on level terms (13-13) and at the last second, Garbisi sent the winning penalty onto the post.
Almost a lesser evil for this tough French team which occupies an anonymous 4th place in the standings after three days.