Euro Champions Cup: Bosch Earns Dramatic Win for Saracens
Marcelo Bosch’s late penalty sent Saracens into the European Champions Cup semi-finals in dramatic style.
The Argentine drilled a long-range kick between the posts to sink Racing Metro with the last effort of the match.
Saracens led 6-5 at the break, two Charlie Hodgson penalties bookending a Maxime Machenaud try.
Alex Goode landed a third Saracens kick but Machenaud looked to have won it with two of his own, but Racing killed the ball and Bosch their hopes.
Saracens will play another French side, Clermont Auvergne, in the last four in Saint Etienne later this month.
The hosts had looked poised to reach a maiden semi-final in top-level European competition after Machenaud stroked over his two penalties, but they were responsible for their own downfall as they attempted to run down the clock on their own 10-metre line in the closing moments.
Referee Nigel Owens hawkishly watched a series of one-out runners trundle into contact to set up a ruck, and when a Racing support player went off his feet, he did not hesitate to penalise the Paris side.
