By receiving the Nancy red lantern this evening (8:45 p.m.), the Téfécistes can regain the leadership position. The windfall is beautiful. And would also help ward off fate: in four meetings, Toulouse has still not won, this season, on a Monday …
On fiery “thistles”. At the time of completing the first game of the second part of the season, in front of the team whose emblem spades, the Toulousains have the opportunity to take back from AC Ajaccio their property: the leader’s chair.
A point, a draw – even if this is not the idea of Montanier and his merry troop – will suffice in the evening, the Téfécé posting a goal-average which outclasses all its competitors: +22 against +12 at the ACA, above all. We write “their” well because, no offense to the standings frozen at D19, the Violets were the best performers in the first leg. Here too, the numbers are relentless: 13 times 1ers and 4 times 2e in 19 days. Who says better ? Nobody, of course. And again, the two missing paintings were the first two in the series – which don’t really matter, as we know (7is then 4is).
“We have finished well, we must restart well”
Not enough, however, to delight the Haut-Garonnais coach – to hear it: “The other teams are not playing [le déplacement des Corses, premiers de la classe, à Amiens ainsi que celui du Paris FC, à 2 unités du leader ajaccien, à Dunkerque ont été reportés], so it doesn’t have too much meaning. Even if our goal remains to take the three points we need. “
Need to start 2022 on the right track. “We finished well, it is a question of restarting well. The momentum could accompany us until the end, if ever… In any case, we saw it at the start of the season where we surfed on a successful start. There, continues the coach, we started a small dynamic with three consecutive victories (Nîmes in the cup, Nîmes in the championship, Cannes again in the cup). It’s up to us, he says in substance, to make it grow. “
Opening a new chapter. “A blank page to write” by building on what worked and improving on what worked less. “We take into account what happened, continues the former technician of Real Sociedad, seeking above all to progress. Clearly, transforming our draws into success: that’s the key word.”
The leitmotif of the staff is easily explained, with supporting statistics. In the top 6, outside of Le Havre (8), Toulouse FC is the formation to have conceded the greatest number of draws: 7. And we have already relayed it above: with a single sharing of points transformed into a lifting , Tef would not have been dispossessed of his throne. CQFD.
Well, with ifs, Dejaegere’s teammates would have already bottled Ligue 1 …
More pragmatically, the TFC will first have to tackle three difficulties.
Results contrary to the content
First, the quality of the opponent of the day who, perhaps a donkey’s cap, nonetheless conceals a number of qualities. “I do not understand, comments Ph. M., AS Nancy presents statistics sheets unlike its results in short. There are good players, young people in the making, its contents are coherent; At the finish line, she concedes a goal as soon as a dangerous situation presents itself to her and, conversely, feels the greatest difficulty to score while she obtains many opportunities. This is terrible data for us coaches, notes Philippe Montanier. The goal is rare, hence by definition random; however, everything depends on it. Often, the score obscures the analysis … “
Deuzio, by doing foresight, the people of Toulouse will immediately receive the neighbor from Pau. “Winning two receptions in a row is very hard!”
Thirdly, it will also be a question of defeating the Indian sign of Monday evening. So far, TFC has 2 losses and 2 draws in 4 games. “It’s time to set the record straight.”
Toulousains, you have 90min. Meet around 10:40 p.m. to pick up the copies.
