2024-01-13 17:52:22
Voted best player during LOU’s victory against Connacht on Saturday in the Champions Cup (34-20), Mickael Guillard takes stock of this “good match”.
The opener Léo Berdeu and the 2nd row, Mickaël Guillard, from Lyon congratulated each other, at the microphone of BeInSportof the victory of LOU Rugby over the Irish Connacht in the match of the 3rd day of the Champions Cup (34-20), Saturday at the Gerland stadium which restores a little confidence to the Lyon team routed eight days ago in Toulouse in Top 14.
However, this is close to qualifying for the round of 16 in the European Cup.
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«This victory does a lot of good. We take five points and we are almost qualified», Reacted Berdeu, returning to the competition for the occasion in the second half after eight months off due to a serious knee injury in 2023.
«In the championship, we are in tough conditions and we need these two weeks in the European Cup to bounce back and regain confidence», continued the opener.
«We saw it again this evening, it’s well before half-time and when we come back from the locker room, there’s always that little sluggishness that hurts us in the championship and there, it’s the same. But compared to usual, we were able to raise our heads by remaining united to get the bonus at the end. It’s all profit“, he continued.
For Mickael Guillard, best player of the match, “not everything was perfect».
«We have struggled to free ourselves since the start of the season. We knew that the European Cup break is good for the mind to regain confidence. After the humiliation received in Toulouse, we had to give everything at home to get a good match and a victory“, he confided.
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