The UBB players celebrate their last-minute victory against Racing 92. -

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  • UBB beat Racing 92 (24-21) in the Champions Cup quarter-finals thanks to a last-minute penalty from Matthieu Jalibert.

  • The international opener, author of another XXL performance, is the symbol of this Bordeaux team with very strong character.

  • In the semifinals, the Union Bordeaux-Bègles will travel to its neighbor, the Stade Toulousain.

“I knew he was going to put it on.

"It was therefore necessary to be serene like Christophe Urios and therefore Matthieu Jalibert, the hero of the day, to know that the opening half of the XV of France was going to offer the victory to the Union Bordeaux-Bègles in the 82nd minute of play. a penalty of 55 meters!

A narrow success against Racing 92 (24-21), synonymous with qualification for the semi-finals of the Champions Cup.

"It's historic for the club, I think we do not yet realize, it is, above all, a lot of fun," relishes the back Romain Buros in the corridors of the Chaban-Delmas stadium.

“A lot of pride” also for the captain of this team, the pillar Jefferson Poirot.

At the end of an unspectacular match (zero tries) but of insane intensity, Matthieu Jalibert rewarded his “big ones”, as the other would say, to write a little more with his teammates in the history of the UBB.

"It is a club that is growing thanks in particular to the enormous work of Laurent Marti [the president], recognizes Maxime Machenaud, the scrum half of Ile-de-France trained at the club, it is not illogical because they continue their development, it is a big city with a well structured club and now the team is starting to have a lot of experience ”.

An experience that has surely enabled him to beat the three-time finalist of this European Cup.

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Jalibert as a symbol

Christophe Urios wanted to highlight "the character" of his players "who would not have won this match six months ago".

And don't ask him about the content of the match: 

“We are not here to show if we know how to play rugby but to win matches.

This is the final stages and I am sorry for the people.

Me, I'm happy because we did not shit on it!

"

Matthieu Jalibert being the symbol of all this.

Once again excellent (eight penalties out of nine, the last of which from his own camp) in a very high level match, the Bordeaux international opener walks on the water in 2021.

"He goes up each time the level", admits Jefferson Poirot while Christophe Urios sees "a player progressing in attitude, in match management".

“This last penalty is the pride of the champion!

These are people like that, who take their responsibilities, who advance a team and even a whole club, ”continues the manager of the Union.

The next step will now be in three weeks.

UBB looks like a small thumb against the others qualified for the last four (La Rochelle but especially Toulouse and Leinster) but the appetite comes while eating: "We are surely the surprise guest for you [the journalists] but we , we wanted to go as far as possible from the start, ”recalls Romain Buros.

Matthieu Jalibert achieved another very high level performance.

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To go even further, it will be necessary to achieve a new feat.

Beat Toulouse on its own lawn the first weekend in May.

A match that some are already languishing just at the idea of ​​seeing the two best French numbers of the moment, Matthieu Jalibert and Romain Ntamack, face off against each other.

The appointment is made for a new page in the young history of UBB.

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