Iosefa Tekori and Stade Toulousain fell against Lyon in the Top 14 at the Ernest-Wallon stadium on October 24, 2020. -

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  • Author of a completely failed first half, Stade Toulousain woke up too late on Saturday against Lyon (7-16).

  • Forced to compose without an entire team, the former leader of the Top 14 had not lost at the Ernest-Wallon stadium since the arrival of Castres on September 29, 2018.

  • The invigorating comeback of young people like Idjellidaine, Meafou and Youyoutte is the positive point to remember from this difficult day.

At the Ernest-Wallon stadium,

The task was too hard.

Deprived of eight Blues and as many injured, all potential holders, Stade Toulousain fell against a less diminished Lyon, this Saturday at Ernest-Wallon (7-16).

Ugo Mola's team, leader of the Top 14 before this weekend, had not lost at home since the setback against Castres on September 29, 2018 (22-26).

“The context, I'm sorry, but that's not our problem, synthesized Matthieu Bastareaud, the former three-quarter center converted number 8 of the LOU.

They are lucky or unlucky to have many selected.

But they still have a great team.

If the Stadist conquest, in melee (especially) as in touchdown, worked well, the starting three-quarter line, unable to pass the second, looked pale.

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Not easy it is true to be deprived of Ntamack, Ramos (XV of France), Huget, Médard, Tauzin and Kolbe (wounded)… Announced holder at the back, the South African bomb thus had to forfeit “because of of a hematoma from the underside of the armpit to the bottom of the thigh ”(!) brought back success in Brive, a week earlier (16-36), says manager Ugo Mola.

Not a gift for Tristan Tedder, just returned from Béziers in Pro D2 and who struggled at number 15.

DIx points collected in numerical superiority

"The match, we lost it in the first half, with a lot of balls conceded in the rucks, judges the center Sofiane Guitoune.

In the second half, the youngsters had a great comeback.

It is difficult, it is true, to do worse than a 0-10 (score at the break) conceded when we are in numerical superiority after the yellow card received by Lyonnais Guillard.

“Our entrants were up to the event,” Mola also welcomes.

In particular the scrum-half Théo Idjellidaine, who came to relay Alexi Balès released KO (47th) and infinitely more spontaneous and lively than the ex-Rochelais, official lining of Antoine Dupont (also selected in Blue).

The manager also includes the 2nd row Meafou and the 3rd row Youyoutte in the satisfactory returns, which almost allowed the Stadium to recover the defensive bonus.

At least the test of Idjellidaine, on a penalty quickly played by himself (70th), he avoided plunging into the dust of the archives to find a trace of a zero point defeat of Toulouse at home.

"It annoys me to score only seven points, it is not too much in our habits," regrets Mola however.

“We will have to close ranks, with perhaps less flamboyance, to have a good match in Paris.

“After this setback against LOU which put an end to a series of four straight victories, the Stadium will go up to the capital on Saturday to come up against the Stade Français.

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