2023-09-08 09:00:00
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FREE TIME. A priori, the Blues start favorites. But another opponent could well emerge for this opening match: the too much pressure weighing on the French players.
By Serge Raffy The All Blacks in their traditional Haka during the last confrontation of the two teams, on November 20, 2021 at the Stade de France, which saw the French win 40 to 25. © ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP Published on 08 /09/2023 at 09:00
You have to be wary of injured animals. Their reactions are unpredictable. Their kicks, born in pain, can be devastating. The All Blacks, the French team’s first opponent, have all the marks of a lion at bay. Hence a single watchword for the Blues: caution!
These New Zealanders, three times world champions, considered the guardians of the Olympus of the beautiful game, have just experienced one of their greatest humiliations. A historic defeat in a World Cup preparation match against the Springboks (37-5) which one might believe is a sign of their irremediable decline. Martyrified, crushed, tortured by South African bulldozers, movers with assumed brutality, the princes of the southern hemisphere have bitten the dust like never before. We have…
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