Toulouse defender Jean-Philippe Celestin (right) during the quarter-final of the Coupe de France, lost to amateur club Rumilly. – JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Tough, tough for the TFC. Tuesday, the Toulouse football club was eliminated in the quarter-final of the Coupe de France by the amateur club Rumilly-Vallières (2-0). It must be said that the Violets had lost part of its workforce along the way, affected by several cases of Covid-19 over the past two weeks.
And the epidemic has claimed new victims. The club said Tuesday evening in a statement that four new players had just tested positive, bringing the number of pro players concerned to twelve, as well as two members of the staff. “Consequently, in accordance with the regulations enacted by the Professional Football League, the club requests the postponement of the matches against Le Havre (April 27), and against Pau FC (April 24),” said the TFC, which specifies that Strict isolation measures have been taken to avoid seeing the cluster grow.
Toulouse is now third in Ligue 2, trailing Clermont with one game less.