Vannes-ASBH: “We often compare the two teams but we are better than them”, Biterrois Charly Malié says he is “300% motivated” for Friday’s semi-final

The Biterrois Charly Malié was decisive in the victory attempt (33-31) against Brive, last Friday in the Pro D2 play-off. Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON

Confident and overmotivated, the N.10 of Béziers kicked off the match against Vannes this Wednesday, during a conference. offensive press at will.   

Here, in Béziers, it’s not like elsewhere. Charly Malié (32 years old) provided a brilliant demonstration of this this Wednesday at a pre-match press conference, dismantling all the clichés generally associated with this type of meeting.

Between unfeigned serenity and intimate conviction, the ASBH flyhalf showed yesterday a "body language" particularly offensive before facing Vannes, Friday evening at the Rabine stadium (9 p.m.), in the semi-final of Pro D2. Let it be said: Charly Malié has the eye of the tiger. The match is on, the temperature is rising, the "darons" of the team are motivated like never before.

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Physically, it was a very involved match, one of the most involved of the season. Afterwards, there is also mental freshness. The day after a victory like this, we want to continue to enjoy it, to have the chance to replay matches of this intensity. Especially with everything we experienced around this match. It was hard, but we recovered. We're at 300%, we can't wait until Friday at 9 p.m. to fight it out.

We are not favored by the forecasters but we, at the club, know that we are capable of doing great things

You often say that the story is so beautiful that it can't stop there…

We know where we come from and we know what we want. We hear it around us: "Béziers, it’s small, so the season is more than successful." Afterwards, when you are second at five, six days to go, you want to go for more. Why them, and why not us? Appetite comes with eating.

This is a very important match, we are not favored by the forecasters but we, at the club, we know that we are capable of doing great things, we showed it this year. We're going to be humble, we're going to take it easy, but I have 300% confidence in this group. I hope what I just said will bear fruit.

Béziers, a playful and enthusiastic team, has remained faithful to its playing philosophy all season. Vannes also enjoys the same reputation, it promises a great fight

We often compare the two teams but we are better than them, that's it. (Silence.) We'll explain on Friday. There are two great attacks, great opposition. I'm adding a little fuel to the fire, supposedly we're similar, but we'll see who wins on Friday.

We have a scrum half (Samuel Marques) who is almost 40 years old (35 in fact), who is bald, but he looks like he is 18

The carefree nature of Gabin Lorre symbolizes your season. You seem impervious to pressure ?

We have often been criticized for this (this carelessness). During the defeat here (17-18 at the Raoul-Barrière stadium) against Provence Rugby, we were criticized for don't take the points. It doesn't matter, from next weekend, even if we make the same mistakes again, they are transformed into positive points, because sometimes we suffocate the teams, we manage to score. one, two, three tries and the match is won. Against Aix, we tried but they came to punish us in the 83rd minute.

This is a strength of our team, we have forwards who move well, who love the game too, even if sometimes they yell at us (three-quarters ) so that we stamp our feet and go play at the opponent's place. We take it with a smile. We have a scrum half (Samuel Marques) who is almost 40 years old (35 in fact), who is bald, but he looks like he is 18 years old. We have this DNA, Vannes too, it’s going to be a great confrontation.