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Stade de France, Nantes corrected 5-1. Dream final for Toulouse. Sixteen players took part in this legendary match, six left Tef permanently.
The club of five. Two starters, three starters. Notwithstanding maestro Branco – to whom we are giving the wide space he deserves in this double page – plus goalkeeper Kjetil Haug, on loan this winter in Norway to Bodo-Glimt and therefore still from Toulouse, there are five of them who took part in the Dame Coupe final on this Saturday evening, April 29, blessed by the heavens and the football gods in the magical night of Saint-Denis. And has not been part of the squad since.
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Lined up from the start, Belgian captain Brecht Dejaegere (left in the photo) and the Little Prince in midfield Farès Chaïbi. Japanese striker Ado Onaiwu, Brazilian wisp Rafael Ratao and stopper Pitchoun Anthony Rouault came off the bench After the hour mark. These heroes, forever in the memories of the purple people, have, each in their own way – and rather successfully – continued to chart their course elsewhere.
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“Bibiche”, then. The torchbearer from the Plat-Pays took off in the direction of the other side of the Atlantic. He joined MLS Eastern Conference franchise Charlotte FC, with whom he played in the play-offs at the end of October. More precisely the access barrier to the first round. A setback against the New York Red Bulls, certainly, but a great memory for the former Téfécé captain with only One goal scored in 10 days in the North American championship, but what a goal: pigeon wing under the bar. Otherwise, Brecht had also previously beaten Messi and Inter Miami… This year, Dejaegere is boosting his stats: 10 matches, 7 starts, 1 goal, 2 assists.
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Across the Rhine, this time, it is Chaïbi and Rouault who are making the headlines. The Algerian international, who had the flu this weekend and who was unable to compete against the great Bayern with his Eintracht, has 2 goals and 5 assists in the Bundesliga on his 2023-24 tally. As for the Lot-et-Garonnais, permanently transferred to Stuttgart at the beginning of March (purchase option exercised), he was back on Saturday after fracturing his nose and then his jaw! He entered 9 minutes from the end of this funny draw at Bayer (2-2). Finally, Onaiwu panics L2 and Auxerre (11B, 1P current series) while Ratao, returned home to Bahia, played the last minutes of the success yesterday against Gremio (1-0).
