European Cup: La Rochelle and the syndrome of lost finals

In La Rochelle too, we love fairy tales. The stories that end badly, the tears at the end when the book closes, we don’t want them anymore. The rising little beast does not want to become the big tearful monster when the prizes are distributed. Out of the question to leave the lawn of the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille head down, Saturday evening, after his duel at the top against the Irish of Leinster.