Top 14: Racing Metro seeks key to beating Toulon Mayol

LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, Hauts-de-Seine (Reuters) - Racing Metro this Saturday hopes to achieve the "perfect match" to become the first team to beat Toulon, leader of the Top 14 on his lawn Mayol over a an.

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Varois who have not lost at home since September 3, 2011 and the 17-0 victory of Clermont, turn over 40 points per game at home and in the Top 14, with 35 registered trials, the best attack championnat.

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"This is the question that arises for a week," he conceded, fatalistic, Racing Metro coach Gonzalo Quesada, Friday conference presse.

"Toulon forced his opponents to get a perfect match and no fault. One mistake and it's over."

And the admission of Ile coach, "Racing is really not at Toulon" .

Especially the first part of the season of White Heaven and was not very serene eight defeats in 14 games, including three home-many injuries, international absent for the Four Nations and autumn tour and the early announcement of a new staff for the season prochaine.

"IF YOU LOSE, IT WILL NOT BE NO MORE CRISIS"

Certainly month, the club has restated the bar including a 40-6 victory last week against Agen, the opportunity to take his first offensive bonus of saison.

This week, the highly anticipated return of Jonathan Wisniewski opening delighted the club and especially Maxime Machenaud the half mêlée.

"At the beginning of the year, before he gets hurt, it worked well for us the hinge, it was well on the ground, his back is going to do much good," said Machenaud.< / p>What

Rade leave a winner?

"I do not know," sighed flanker Alvaro Galindo, before outlining some pistes.

"Being very involved, leaving no space to put a lot of pressure defense and gain confidence. But if we lose in Toulon, this crisis will not either."

This means that he does not think the Racing to win? Galindo, stung, put things in clair.

"I never went on a field thinking that I was going to lose the game, there are games harder than others, yes, but it does not fit on a lawn considering a defeat," he explained fermement.

THE MEMORY GAME GO PLANE

August 25, during the second day, Racing had long stood up in Toulon. The Varois were not taxed at Colombes and that 23-21 thanks to a penalty from Jonny Wilkinson in the 76th minute.

"The situation was different at the time, the season just started, we won our first away game against Agen. Now we are in a different situation," analyzed Quesada.

"We have a lot of disappointments in this game (August) and Sunday, it will go with a small taste of revenge and all our forces," resumed Machenaud who observed the rise since the RCT several mois.

"Toulon knows and plays better and better, they stored a lot of confidence from their trip home. This is a big piece," he acknowledged, adding that he would "be strong and make conquest no ball because they have fast-attack against ".

Current ranking eighth in eight points Grenoble, sixth and first play-offs, Racing still weak, despite a "clear upward trend" after Quesada.

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history between the two teams gives him hope. For ten years the two clubs have met 18 times and the point spread is on average seven unités.

"I remember that whenever I played Toulon, it was still pretty tight, so it will repeat the formula which has already walked there," warned Galindo.

Edited by Chrystel Boulet-Euchin and Gregory Blachier