The march seems high for Toulouse. The TFC must go through the dams against Nantes on Thursday to try to go directly back to Ligue 1.
At the time of the descent, it was now Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré who was in charge.
Accounts to settle
With 11 defeats in 13 matches, Kanak’s record was particularly heavy. And he still has bad memories of this period.
“I was not allowed to finish my work, here I am given the opportunity to rectify the situation and I take it as a personal revenge,” he said when he arrived on the Nantes bench in February.
The reunion with the Toulouse supporters will not take place because of the closed session but the return of Kombouaré to the pink city will be particularly scrutinized.
This season, Toulouse has bet everything to quickly come back to Ligue 1 and financially, the difference with its peers was great. Téfécé arrived with a budget of 27 million euros, the biggest budget in Ligue 2.
Kombouaré has the experience of Dijon
As for his opponent in the play-offs, Toulouse coach Patrice Garande is rather confident.
“If Nantes is 18th, it is because they have weaknesses, it will be up to us to exploit them, and if you ask me if we can beat them I answer you a big yes. We are an L1 club which plays in L2 and we have the ambition to bring the TFC back to its place, “he says.
On the Nantes side, keeping in Ligue 1 is a priority for the club, which has decided to extend its coach to this goal.
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If Kombouaré took part in the descent from Lens, he still saved Dijon from the dams in 2018. A good example for the Canaries.
Rendezvous Thursday evening for the first act, and Sunday for the verdict.
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