Kumamoto (Japan) (AFP)

"We know we will not take them lightly": the second line Arthur Iturria Monday said the XV of France safe from any looseness against the United States (October 2) and Tonga (October 6) after the opening victory of the World Cup against Argentina (23-21).

QUESTION: You had individual interviews this morning. Personally, what has been said to you?

ANSWER: "With Julien (Bonnaire, coach of the key), we spoke a lot about the touch, and especially the two (tests after) mauls we took and our way of defending.We will try to work On our precision, On + gets sent + but a little each one of his side For example on the second, I push on one side and my colleague on the other, so to bring them in touch is not obvious We'll have to dwell on it, rework it because we can not defend like that. "

Q: You have not had a group return yet?

A: "I think we're going to have it by tomorrow, but we all know where we've been in the second half, we did not respect some of the things we worked on, because we is working with scenarios under pressure, yet we were relatively lucid, as on the mauls, where we could have better defend.In 2nd half we were wrong on our structures, we must do things simpler, tighter in opening less to the Argentineans because they loved it and after that it's a (vicious) circle. "

- "A little more force" -

Q: When Argentina come back to the front with 17 points at half-time, do you say the old demons are coming back?

A: "Yes, it reminded us of bad memories, but those who were on the ground told me that they had felt a little more force than usual, it allowed us to win this match. a drop is an individual feat, things have brought it, it's important. "

Q: Between you, you do not mention the quarter-finals yet?

A: "We have not talked too much about it, we are all in the idea of ​​taking match after match, and trying to win them, we have three matches, we will try to win all three. all in a corner of the head that by winning the next two it will be almost done.After, Argentina also plays against England (a victory of the Argentineans, October 5, would revive completely the chicken) ... and it's not us who play, so just focus on ourselves and say we have three games to win to make sure we're in quarter-finals. "

- "A liberation" -

Q: Did this win in this tense match free the group?

A: "Between us we did not feel too much tension because we were not necessarily very expected, but at the end of the match we felt a release because we know it was an important event in the World Cup."

Q: Maxime Médard, the only one present in the Tonga defeat at the 2011 World Cup, does he tell you about this match to make you mistrustful?

"No, no (smiles) Nobody talks about it, I think we will not talk about it, we try to be positive enough in a general way. match."

Q: Nobody talks about it because everyone knows that the XV of France is not immune?

A: "Of course we can lose, it's a rugby match, but we did not even say we should not take them lightly because we know we will not take them to the slight."

Interview at a press point

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