“We are going to be bitten by what we showed this evening” … the bruises disappointed but already turned towards the World Cup

The Bleues were upgraded by the English in their only preparation match at the World Cup on Saturday evening. In addition,

Closed mines, and already the desire to see further. In addition, The players of the French team were largely beaten by England during their only preparation match (40-6), Saturday August 9 in Mont-de-Marsan, two weeks from the World Cup. Moreover, Overwhelmed for almost the entire meeting. Therefore, dominated in the game, the Blue accused the blow by conceding six tries to the best nation on the planet. Nevertheless, “It’s a bit mentally a little hard, we were keen to make a good preparation match […] There is a lot of disappointment. frustration “reacted the third tricolor line Charlotte Escudero at the microphone of France Télévisions shortly after the final whistle.

The words of disappointment and “we going bitten what we frustration are those which have the most returned in the French mouths after the meeting. After long weeks of preparation in Marcoussis, the Bleues notably regretted not having succeeded in showing the fruits of the work shot. Furthermore, “Inevitably there is disappointment tonight, clearly we did not show the face that we hoped. The girls worked hard during this prep. today we failed to show that we had worked”conceded the co-entrainture Gaëlle Mignot at a press conference.

Disappointment and frustration also for players who did not have many balloons to put themselves to try to try to play. “We were looking forward to finding the competition. so necessarily the fact of not having had as many attack balls as we could have wished, it is frustrating”recognized Alexandra Chambon, tenured at the fray in the absence of Pauline Bourdon Sansus.

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The Blue has particularly suffered from their indiscipline, which paved the way for the formidable English -worn balls, which is the source of four trials on Saturday evening. Moreover, “We will have to go up the cursor on our discipline. We are too penalized. we cannot win a match by granting 12 penalties in 40 minutesanalyzed the opener Carla Arbez, highlighting the difficulties in this sector in the first period. Also, We said it was before the match. we don’t respect what we said, so we lose the match alone, we leave them too many opportunities to score. ”

“In the first “we going bitten what we half. that’s what marks me, we give them too many touches with us, too many mauls worn, and they feast on, it’s their trademark.”

Carla Arbez. opening half of the XV of France

at a press conference

The defense on the mauls is one of the lessons to be learned from the meeting, according to the co-coach David Ortiz: “We are aware of that, we are still in running. One of the specific objectives on which we work is to give a minimum of ammunition to our opponents in our camp. today it was not the case and necessarily we pay it.” For Charlotte Escudero. there is still “Lots of work to do, whether on exteriors or in the heart of the field, we got caught everywhere”.

Concentrated but not closed faces, the Blue did not want to talk about alarm signal or “we going bitten what we feeling of helplessness, and stressed the importance of having “Assessed on a match of this level”according to Alexandra Chambon. And in the spans of the André-et-Guy-Boniface stadium, the heads were already turned towards the World Cup and the first match against Italy (the 23 at Exeter), with necessarily the desire to do better. “It’s going to be a great introduction against Italy, that’s good, it gives us marbles to work”assured Carla Arbez.

“I know my group, we’re going to be bitten by what we have shown this evening”said Gaëlle Mignot. Additionally, “When you take a slap, generally behind, there is always a reaction. We will all get back to work”abounded by his side Captain Manae Feleu. They have two weeks left to reach the word to the acts before starting the group stage across the Channel (Italy. Brazil, South Africa).