2023-10-07 00:16:55
The horizon remained completely blue in the Lyon night. Not the shadow of a cloud. Just chants and growls of pleasure, getting louder and louder. The French World Cup.
The same joy everywhere. Everywhere the same quiverings, the same shivers. The same enchantment everywhere. From Saint-Denis to Lyon, via Lille and Marseille, the Blues sow their little moments of happiness which disperse in waves and undulate along the stands. We shout, we dance, we have fun, we forget everything or at least the essentials, the worries of everyday life. These Roosters twirl and twirl on green lawns which unfold before them like red carpets leading to the coveted trophy, this William Webb-Ellis Cup for which they have made their quest.
After a month of competition, the party continues. Everything came together for that. We just had to avoid the wrong note. But these long-toothed Tricolores form a too well-oiled orchestra, fine tuned by four years of work under the leadership of a plethora of staff guided by a project manager, Fabien Galthié, who for the moment, leads his troupe as he hoped so. The 2022 Grand Slam was a foundation. A springboard on which to gain momentum in preparation for the big takeoff.
And now they’re waiting for Dupont
We don’t know where the Blues will be on October 28 when the curtain falls above the Stade de France. On the podium, with your head in the stars? They have the makings in any case. Let’s move on from this pleasant Lyonnais stroll facing Italians in distress who are not providing the best publicity for a competition which plans to expand further. It was all over after thirteen minutes with two wide-open attempts from wingers Damian Penaud, now three goals short of the record held by Serge Blanco in the blue jersey (38), and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, barely 20 years old.
The show of force during the opening match on September 8 against the All Blacks (27-13) was of a completely different nature. She set the tone. But a World Cup, in rugby, is not played in the groups. A flawless performance is a good thing, of course, but the big maneuvers have not yet begun. They are now launched. The quarter-final which looms on Sunday October 15 at the Stade de France, undoubtedly against South Africa (if Ireland does not collapse against Scotland this Saturday evening in Saint-Denis), will have value of justice of the peace.
The obstacle this time will be as high as the dream that the Blues have forged and an intrigue has been introduced into their scenario. Antoine Dupont, the captain, undoubtedly the best player in the world at the moment, operated on for a facial fracture on September 22 after a shock the day before against Namibia (96-0 victory), is engaged in a counter- the watch that we thought was impossible. On Monday, the scrum-half will see his surgeon in Toulouse and he will know whether he can consider playing or not. Another story, in the middle of the fabulous destiny that is slowly taking shape.
#FranceItaly #Blues #enjoy #stroll #quarters