90 minutes, even 120, and it will be the holidays. After a pitiful 2019-20 season which condemned him to Ligue 2, Toulouse has remobilized to take the lift as soon as possible. By trusting its young players, the TFC completed the 2020-21 financial year on the podium, synonymous with a barrage against the 18th in Ligue 1, FC Nantes in this case. But the goal of Deiver Machado, Thursday at the Stadium, did not weigh heavily against those of Ludovic Blas and Randal Kolo Muani (1-2). “I told the players that we had to keep hope, encouraged Toulouse coach Patrice Garande this Saturday at a press conference. We still created situations for ourselves by being bad, that's why I have hope. ” The hope of winning at La Beaujoire this Sunday (6 p.m.). With the goal rule on the outside,the TFC will be obliged to score at least twice. A 2-1 win would result in overtime, while a 3-2 success would send the Violets straight into the top flight.
"Having this tight score will put us on guard," FC Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré said positively. I am very happy with this victory, but I am very, very vigilant, because I know that in football it is never won in advance. You have to stay serious and humble, it can go very quickly. " The Canaries know it: they were heading straight for Ligue 2 before an astonishing victory on the lawn of Paris Saint-Germain on March 14 (1-2). They ended the season with a bang with 4 wins in their last 5 matches to give themselves a reprieve. “We will have to play with the same desire on Sunday. I will give everything for the last match, ”promised Kolo Muani, who will most likely wear the Nantes jersey for the last time. The French striker and international hope had to give up theEuro under 21 (final phase from May 31 to June 6).
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"I am very disappointed to give up Euro Espoirs, but nothing is more important than helping FC Nantes to stay in Ligue 1. Withdrawal is not an option," said Kolo Muani on its social networks.
Relegation in the current sporting and economic context would be all the more difficult to digest, while the Professional Football League (LFP) is considering a Ligue 1 with 18 clubs from 2022. Before the return barrage on Sunday, Toulouse is virtually always in Ligue 2. “Nothing is finished, we are able to go and win in Nantes.
That, I'm sure, ”hammered Patrice Garande, who will have his entire group as well as Kombouaré in Nantes.
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