…MOST IMPORTANT MATCH

That's not how we approach it. We approach it like a derby, with what that entails in terms of intensity in preparation, against a team that is having a great championship. It's going to be a big match in a packed stadium. Playing this kind of match at this time of the season is great. I can't imagine them waiting like Nantes waited for us. I imagine them being able to create things in the offensive area, which they have done in almost all their matches since the start of the season, with technical arguments, projection, in the races. In the aerial field in the penalty area, perhaps the best target in Europe. This allows them to have convincing results since the start of the season. Certainly less marked than last week's derby Nantes, perhaps less marked than other red and blacks that we faced at the start of the year Guingamp. But it remains a regional derby. We know what that means in the eyes of our supporters and it’s important to make them happy.

…OPPONENT

If they are there, it’s because they deserve it. The truth always comes from the ground, from the results. If they are there, it is because they deserve to be there. I don't have to be delighted or not, I just have to have a lot of respect for their journey, and recognition for what was produced and the work done there. We concentrate with the staff on preparing for the week. For the past 3-4 months, the team has been blowing more hot than cold. There were 2 sequences, against Strasbourg and Toulouse where we missed our two matches. Compared to all the other matches, it's quite little. But we know the quality of the opponent who arrives this weekend. The victory did the guys good. I feel they are all very focused, invested, motivated by this weekend's match. Like all coaches, you never know what will happen the coming weekend. The truth is at the feet of the players.

...CHANGE OF REFEREE

This is not neutral. I don't know why exactly. Whether it's related to the last match or not. I note that we had Mme Frappart in Monaco who had also had a difficult match before. There had been no change. Why there's a change there and not before, I don't know, but I don't want to lose any energy on that at all. We will have a quality referee, Mr Bastien, who will judge in his soul and conscience all the decisions he has to make.