In constant search for a victory that would comfort them, the Blues find their "distant cousins" of Argentina, Saturday night at the stadium Pierre-Mauroy at the gates of Lille. It does not take much for the trend of public disenchantment to reverse. A victory would be equivalent to the best remedy.

It is when she goes through difficult times that a team needs to feel supported. The XV of France, backed by a series of five defeats, came to get some heat in ch'ti country. Of course, the competition is tough on TV or off, the stadium is difficult to access because of the operation of yellow vests, the team of France is no longer dream, we pass and not necessarily of better ... Nevertheless, we offer you three reasons to block a niche to follow this second game of the November tour.

Because the North gives colors to the XV of France

Guilhem Guirado, making his mark at training at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, did not hide his northern feeling : "I'm glad that this match was decentralized here. I made friends, a lot of them will be in the gallery. Rugby is growing well in the North and it feels good to have a different audience ... "

Different but generous and good luck. In five relocations in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, the XV of France has always pocketed the victory. From the first time, in April 1986, he was right of the cold and Romanians (25-13) in Lille with five tests signed Bonneval, Charvet, Sella, Erbani and Lagisquet. In 1988, still at the Lille Stadium, in the first ch'ti against Argentina, the Blues won 28-18. The following year, in Lille again, they had the scalp of Australian world champions two years earlier (25-19).

The northerners then had to wait until 2003 to find "his" XV of France fetish. For a new success against Romania in August 2003, turning to the boardwalk (56-8). Only nuance: it was at the Bollaert stadium in Lens. The fifth time remains the most striking in every sense of the word. It was in Villeneuve-d'Ascq at the new Pierre-Mauroy stadium with an offensive rugby orgy between the French and Argentines turning to the advantage of the Blues inspired by Fred Michalak's 23 points (39-22).

Because the XV of France can not afford a new failure

No one, except the versatile and (or) sadistic fans, wishes a new discomfort of the Blues. You do not shoot at an ambulance, they say. The fact is that the XV of France landed in Lille back to the wall against which stuck his five losses in a row.

To make matters worse, the coolest failure on Saturday at the Stade de France, against South Africa (26-29, after leading 23-9) is still lurking in the misty brains. All the players crossed before the second match of the tour stacked the adjectives synonymous with "painful". Yes, losing to the Springboks hurt them a lot. And strengthens their obligation to win, before a final test against Fiji in a Stade de France that will sound the trough.

Because the reunion with Argentina is double relaxing

As the glide Guilhem Guirado, "there is a good time that we did not cross the Argentineans anymore. " This prospect delighted the captain tricolor, close to Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe became one of his coaches in Toulon last summer. Guirado is not resentful given the liabilities of the Blues against the Pumas, winners of 10 of the last 16 duels played since the year 2000. Of which the last in France in 2014 (18-13).

If the two rivals with crooked atoms have crossed since, on tour with the Gauchos (a success each in 2016), the reunion in Lille promises spicy by the prospect of another deadline already well established in the minds. In 308 days, in Tokyo, Bleus and Pumas will face their first World Cup match, in a duel already called "fake round of 16".

"We have to think about it, even if it seems very far," agrees the Camille Lopez opener Clermont. The Argentineans have also tried to increase the pressure, through the voice of his vis-à-vis Nicolas Sanchez who assured, the other day in Paris, that the "winner of the match of Lille win the match of Tokyo . Tomorrow will come quickly, what!