Patrice Garande 60 years, coach Toulouse FC since this summer; L2 Téfécé balance: 8V, 5N, 3D; 31 goals for, 21 against.
You are going to do it all year round like this, with fears …
I do not know (smile). In any case, it’s easier when you win at the end! We cope better… How am I going to be able to sum up the evening for you? It’s a match that showed all the possibilities we have in the game – playing good football and being efficient – but also showing all the lacks that we still show. Because with our departure, the match must be easy. And we must refer to the previous one in front of Valenciennes (defeat 4-5, editor’s note). On the other hand, what is interesting is that the guys don’t let go; they believe in it to the end.
The results are mixed, therefore.
The meeting contains things that I really liked in all areas; others that are… in case we don’t erase them, it will become difficult. If we want to take a step forward, we must have this ability to have more control. At 2-0, we need to be calmer, more peaceful, continue to play, attack. And we can’t do it.
The learning continues, in short?
It’s part of our progress, it’s a young team. If we want to analyze more, we have lost the grip in the middle. Because also, we did not defend by moving forward. If we want to continue to perform well over time and stay where we are, or even higher, we will have to show more maturity.
At this point in the season, you’re saying you’re not looking too much at the standings. All the same!
Before the match, we knew that if we won and Paris did not win, we would become third. Here. Now, I did not present it like that in my chat. I had indicated that we could follow behind the second (2pts from Grenoble). Not the same.
But now that you’re on the podium …
It values the work done, it’s true. We will play this match in Pau, we will see where we are and we will take stock afterwards. I’m not going to say that this will put additional pressure on us, however we have to assume. Even if it’s been a while since we got results. In short, we have to learn to have that status. Our team needs to manage the matches better. We are not going to stay hidden all the time; the ambitions we have, we have announced them!
In all honesty, at the end of August after 3-5 in Grenoble, you imagined yourself 3rd at the break?
I did not project myself in this way… At the moment when I am asked the question, that day, I say no. At that time, we were on a different site. We weren’t ready; even though there were beginnings in terms of the game. Because the match in Grenoble, it is not bogus, everything is not to be thrown away, eh? During this period, we were more in the phase of giving players confidence in what they had experienced. And I thought it would take time. Things fell into place faster than I expected.
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It was important to me to recreate a dynamic, a team that has a soul and that plays. To achieve our goal, apart from the positive results and the qualities of the players, it is obviously the state of mind that is the goal. Often, it is these formations that rise. And I just feel that there is something being born.
A word about Healey’s almost insolent success.
I make the difference between attackers and scorers: he belongs to the second category. Often scorers walk in cycles. Rhys continues. Even when he gives the impression of drawing, of being a little tired, the slightest ball he runs over like crazy! And then the players who have this ability, we leave them on the field. Because at any time he just needs to touch a ball and we know he is going to put it to the bottom. For the team, it’s important to have him. It reassures everyone; it also frightens the opponents.
Finally, the supporters were in tune, right?
I showed the letter (from the Indians) to the players and then I also used it in my preparation. There were some pretty strong things… it warms my heart. I can’t wait for us to welcome our supporters and bring audiences to this stadium – although I don’t think it’s for tomorrow. I told the players that they didn’t realize what was going on outside. There is an osmosis, a communion, our supporters are found in the team which plays.
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