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Toulouse’s very poor start to the match, during which they conceded the opener, weighs heavily from an accounting point of view. And obviously, the Violets are aware of this.
“We all have to look in the mirror, we can’t start a match like that.” The missive was signed Vincent Sierro, after the match. In the corridors of the Stadium, both the captain and his coach Carles Martinez Novell were looking forward to bad days. And we can understand them. For what ? Because TFC waited eight minutes to enter their match and the damage was already done. From the fifth minute, after having already conceded a corner, Angevin Niane took advantage of the apathy of the Toulouse defense to open the scoring.
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The Garonnais did not fight as they should on the second ball coming from the corner. Late, they calmly let Lefort put the ball back into the area and Niane finished, taking advantage of Cresswell’s poor alignment, the out-of-time exit of Restes and, finally, the general passivity that reigned in the Toulouse ranks during these first minutes. Behind, the Violets chased the score and this conceded goal cost them a victory which was within their reach, as they dominated the match. Result of the races: 1 point instead of 3.
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“A lack of concentration on the part of the entire team!”
The Toulouse coach did not say anything else, also recalling that it has been twice that the players have struggled to get into tune from the initial whistle: “Generally we start our matches well but here, it’s two games to at home that’s less the case. The problem is that we give in too easily and we react more than we act. Matches in L1 are hard enough to win as it is. in this situation of disability… “
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Vincent Sierro continues: “To get a good result, you have to start there. A match, you have to start well, you have to win the duels, and that’s all we didn’t do. This start of the match, we can’t reproduce it.
Asked what could have happened in their heads to miss the start of this decisive match against the red lantern of Ligue 1, the man with 68 matches played in the purple jersey, did not really find a reason. “It’s difficult to explain, I think we start the match by losing easy balls. We give them this direct possibility of having a corner, of having possibilities while we have enough quality to set up the goal. game and not giving them such easy balls. Then there was also a lack of concentration of the whole team on the goal.
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And in their situation (three consecutive defeats), Martinez’s men would have done well without such a blow to the head from the outset. “In our situation, when you take a direct goal ‘, of course it takes a toll on morale. Afterwards, everyone wants to do more, but sometimes, wanting to do more breaks the organization and the plan we had,’ complains. Swiss.
Next week, on the Montpellier side, the Toulouse residents will have no room for error. Pointing out areas for improvement is one thing, correcting them is another.
