the essential
Starting twice in four days with TFC, the Australian international, one of the public’s favorites who had hardly played since the start of the season, performed well in a crucial moment.
Saturday evening in the corridors of Parc-OL, where TFC achieved an encouraging draw (0-0), Denis Genreau did not hide his satisfaction at being the center of attention again. We even felt a certain emotion from the 25-year-old Australian, who had gone through the first part of the season in relative anonymity imposed by poor playing time (59 minutes played in Ligue 1). “It’s so nice to play again, to feel like we’re part of the team,” whispered the midfielder, jersey still on his back, after having played almost the entire match against Olympique Lyonnais. , completing what he described as a “good week”, in the middle of which he had already started and scored against Laval in the Coupe de France.
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A fair reward for the Socceroo (5 caps), after having been hampered for a long time by injuries. Operated for pubalgia during the winter break of the 2022-2023 season, he was forced to undergo a new operation in January 2024, following poor healing of the first. Back at 100% of his abilities, one of the darlings of the Stadium, author of the Ligue 2 title goal in 2022 and the last survivor of this era with Rasmus Nicolaisen, has been giving full satisfaction to the staff for several weeks in training, without this converting into minutes of competition.
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“It’s very difficult for me,” explains his coach Carles Martinez Novell, “because when the team is doing well, as is the case currently, and we only play one match per week, the possibilities of making a turnover are much more restricted.”
Denis Genreau therefore took advantage of a very busy period with three matches in six days, and injuries in midfield (Vincent Sierro and Niklas Schmidt), to seize his chance.
A different profile of Sierra
Associated with Cristian Casseres at Parc-OL, the TFC number 5 proved that he could be a credible alternative to Vincent Sierro, in a very different register. In a match where the Violets voluntarily gave up possession to their opponent, the Australian stood out for his counter-attacking qualities. If he sometimes lacked success, like on this counter which ended with a pass in the ankles of Yann Gboho, he recalled that he could be an interesting weapon in the transition phases, when his captain is more a possession player.
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While the Swiss should once again be absent for the Montpellier reception next Sunday, Denis Genreau could have another chance to show the good he can do to this Toulouse team. In the middle of the winter transfer window, the timing is necessarily good for a player whose contract at TFC ends next June.
