DECRYPTION – The association of the two prodigies against the Argentines came to an end. Mortgageing its renewal.
The experiment will have lasted 54 minutes. And it turned out to be hardly conclusive. A disappointment to match the hopes that this association had generated. We expected mountains and wonders from this duo of cracks, the two best forerunners of their generation, Matthieu Jalibert and Romain Ntamack. Exaggerated expectation. Talent is not enough. We need common landmarks, habits, a connection. Who has never established against the Argentines, Saturday night at the Stade de France.
Jalibert’s passes to Ntamack, moved (demoted?) To the center, can be counted on the fingers of a lazy hand (three therefore, for the less skilled in zoology). It’s little in 54 minutes. To see there the fruit of an exacerbated rivalry between the two contenders for the direction of the tricolor game would undoubtedly be malicious. The truth is, neither of them seemed comfortable, out of place, in this system that only worked in a handful of workouts.
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