Oita (Japan) (AFP)

France coach Jacques Brunel said Sunday's elimination by Wales (20-19) in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Oita (southern Japan) was "somewhere a failure".

If he did not contest the red card received by Sebastien Vahaamahina, he said he was "disappointed" with two other arbitration decisions late in the game, including the one that validated the Welsh victory test. "I want to see the pictures again," he said.

QUESTION: What do you think of the red card received?

ANSWER: "The cardboard, I do not question it, the pictures are clear, it has a reflex, I think he does not see (Welsh) but the contact with the face is there. no problem with this decision, I do not always agree with others. "

Q: The yellow card received by the Welsh in the first half?

A: "Not at all." There is the scrum towards the end (70th, in favor of the Blues, close to the Welsh goal) on which we push the Welsh scrum but we lose the ball. the last test Welsh (76th) because I think the player (Welsh) tears the ball (on a melee French introduction) that goes forward, to a player off-game seems to me (Ross Moriarty flattens, NDRL) I want to see the pictures again, they are decisions I'm disappointed with. "

Q: Is the red card the turning point of the match?

A: "Obviously, playing a World Cup quarter-final at 14 during a half-time is complicated, but I want to highlight the quality of our team, which has shown a lot of courage. outnumbered, but it also showed some going, was offensive, we had opportunities to score. "

Q: What explanation do you have for Vahaamahina's gesture?

A: "I already answered that question."

Q: Do you think Wales can go further?

A: "(Silence) I have to choose my words ... I'm not very interested in what's going to happen to them frankly, more by this part, that we had a lot of chance to win."

Q: What is your assessment of this World Cup?

A: "The result is not positive, we had the ambition to go further, somewhere it's a failure ... Nobody saw us out of the hens, nobody saw us win this quarterfinal. out of the pool and showed that we could win this quarter, except we did not do it, we are disappointed. "

Q: Was this last match as coach?

A: "It's obvious that I will not be doing a 5th World Cup, I've done four with great pleasure, even the one we said was going to be tough." She was superb. is created in this group, I am disappointed for them because I think that what happened inside was presaging beautiful things, unfortunately the fate was different.

Q: What will it be necessary to improve for the 2023 edition organized by France?

A: "We have to try to build a team with confidence, results and consistency, which we certainly missed, but we were one of the youngest teams in the World Cup. of potential, and the boys will learn from this experience, grow through this failure, it will serve as a lesson for them.I look forward to a good tomorrow for this team from France. "

Q: Your contract runs until June 2020. What are you going to do by then, since Fabien Galthié will take the post of coach after the World Cup?

A: "Do you think I thought about it so far?" I come out of a game, a big disappointment, I do not think about what will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. "

Interviewed at a press conference

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