Pau (AFP)

Pau, yet very poorly embarked eight minutes from the end and at the cost of a breathless final, snatched a draw against Lyon (29-29) Sunday evening at the end of the 5th day of Top 14, once again truncated by the postponements.

A try was believed to be for the honor of Daubagna (73) while the LOU pranced in the lead (15-29), then another scored in double superiority by Roudil two minutes after the siren, in the corner: the transformation not obvious n Hastoy didn't scare off, 100% so far and sure of himself, who hit the mark.

We had gone from a better victory in Lyon to a sharing of points for the taste of success for the Palois.

Pierre Mignoni's men, ideally launched in this match (0-10, 4th) after a penalty from Berdeu and a try on interception from Ngatai, who then foiled before recovering, can blame themselves.

They had everything in hand, the victory, the bonus acquired thanks to two tries from Chiocci (51) and Tuisova (68), control and physicality.

But that proved insufficient in the face of a long powerless and unproductive Section, before his bench brought the spark, then set fire to the end of the match.

In view of their first act, although very badly embarked, this draw is rather logical as the men of Nicolas Godignon, after the initial thunderbolt, showed envy and glued, thanks to their conquest, an impressive counter in touch , and visiting faults sanctioned without trembling by Hastoy (12-13, 33).

What followed was to the advantage of the Rhone residents, who returned with much more enthusiasm from the lemon break.

More concerned, they undermined the Béarnese defense, which had a strong breakthrough by Chiocci after a big breakthrough, then by the winger Tuisova at the cost of a diagonal run from the center of the field and ended in a corner in the end. goal.

With 14 points ahead, the bonus in his pocket and seven minutes to play, we could hardly see Lyon crack and Pau return.

And yet ...

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