Tokyo (AFP)
On the eve of their entry into the World Cup, the players of the XV of France trained one last time, Friday afternoon, a few hectometres Ajinomoto stadium in Tokyo, where they will face the Argentineans.
The Blues had made their mark Thursday in the compound that will host Saturday, and have repeated one last time their ranges at Asahi Fuchu Football Park. Where they felt the excitement grow.
"Yesterday (Thursday) we did the training at the stadium, it put us even more in the competition, and just now we missed the stadium, where we were preparing for tonight's match. opening, won by Japan against Russia) .There we said + we are + It rises slowly, it had already started Fujiyoshida (their base camp until last Wednesday) "said Friday the vice -Capitaine, Jefferson Poirot.
The left pillar and his teammates seemed quite calm. "Yesterday we were maybe a little more excited because the match was still a long way off, today was the last practice before the big event, we got pretty focused, we did the job as we had to do it, and rather well done, "agreed Poirot.
"Everyone has in mind the game, we know what to focus on. (It will take) perhaps have one last detail in mind, review the last things to do about his role, and then there is more than!" he added.
What to play. Under the rain? She could invite herself, and lead the XV of France to adapt its strategy. "We are ready to face if the conditions do not allow us to play (off and hand)," replied captain Guilhem Guirado, "we try to master a lot of things, after that we have a rugby match and the balloon is oval, we'll see where it falls. "
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