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a (small) slap and it starts again?

Gaël Fickou and his partners were scared on Sunday in Italy. Panoramic

By dint of piling up the victories, the Blues have released their concentration in Rome. Too many mistakes, not enough application. To border on humiliation. An vexation to approach with the greatest seriousness the Irish exam next Saturday.

A few innuendoes, the beginnings of sentences finally evaded, made us understand that, for two weeks in Capbreton, the Blues were not only preparing their start to the Six Nations Tournament in Rome, but also their second trip, next Saturday to Dublin. . Also or, rather, especially? With a big physical preparation aiming for a state of maximum form against Ireland, and too bad if the legs are a little heavy against Italy.

Result, the Blues played with fire. Took the risk of losing everything from the start against the Italians, the motivation increased tenfold at the idea of ​​beating the big Latin brother, the confidence reinvigorated by their recent exploits against Wales and Australia. It happened very close. At the 73e minute, the Italian striker tries a penalty 40 meters in front of the posts to bring his team back to 27-29. And the spleen. The Blues felt the wind of the ball. The Italians will push to the end to try to register the test of the…

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