Fujiyoshida (Japan) (AFP)
The XV of France launched an intense day on Monday in Fujiyoshida, the week that led to his entry into the World Cup on Saturday against Argentina, appointment in view of which "excitement" is increasing.
After a rather quiet weekend, marked by a sledge (Saturday) and the official welcoming ceremony (Sunday), the Blues have returned to serious things on the grounds of Fuji Park Hokuroku.
On the menu, two sessions, one separated between forwards and three-quarters in the morning (with bodybuilding), the other collective, the afternoon. Only center Wesley Fofana did not participate and trained separately, an absence that makes more and more uncertain his participation in the shock against the Pumas, already decisive for the qualification.
The lights were on the other hand totally green for the three players made last weekend, the left pillar Jefferson Poirot (lumbago), his alter ego on the right Demba Bamba (thigh) and N.8 Grégory Alldritt (crutch).
All three took part in the afternoon training, which Poirot said was "reassuring": "We did a pretty good training and there was intensity. the impression that the group is in good shape. "
The Blues have even played extra time to refine their automatisms. "We feel ready, we know that everything is never perfect, we still have settings (to perform): there, we stayed a little longer to see some small adjustments at the end while walking. to be as accurate as possible to make the copy the cleanest and the closest to the perfect, because we know that in a match like that, we can not leave anything to chance and we have no right to be in the "Almost so," said Poirot.
Arrived on September 8 in Japan, the vice-captain and his teammates are also eager to fight after two and a half months of preparation: "We feel that it really goes up.There is excitement, guys have a lot of fun. + punch +, many are in a hurry to be Saturday. "
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