Ligue 2 – Philippe Montanier savors the climb: “One of the best moments of my career”

“I put this rise in the best moments (of my career, editor’s note), because beyond the success, there is also a human adventure with players, a staff, a direction with which there has always been a unity“, he explained to the microphone of beIN Sports, he who has a lot”fears“this Niort team.”But now it’s good. We had a fantastic season and another big game tonight. Even at a 1-0, we weren’t relieved, after the second goal, we dropped everything“, chained the former coach of Stade Rennais and RC Lens.

Obviously moved, Montanier confided that it was “part of the job“.”The advantage is that we got there gradually, almost nothing was missing, we had to stay calm. Communion with the public changes things a bit“, he admitted in the middle of the many supporters who invaded the lawn. The TFC is finally a regular on the climbs, since it has been promoted to Ligue 1 in four of its last five seasons in Ligue 2.

“That will be another matter. The hardest part begins, Ligue 1 is something else. We savor, we are happy, but we know the difficulties that await us. But these are difficulties that we wished for and that we are happy to tackle“, warned Montanier, aware that the hardest part is yet to come. With 76 points after 35 matches, Toulouse is also hitting hard in accounting terms, since only Reims (84 points) did better in 2017-2018. Now, a last objective to achieve: the title.The Violets are only missing three points.

“Even if the season is not over and we want to go for the title, it’s a culminationhowever welcomed the Toulouse technician. We have been preparing for this climb since the start of the season. There is bound to be great joy. And above all a sharing with the purple people. These are emotions that only football, sport, can bring.

“We sometimes have difficult moments, but they are worth living to know that, continued Montanier. When we learned that there were 24,000 people on a Monday at 8:45 p.m., it’s an incredible thing (…) There is a revival in the purple people, who find themselves in this team. We started with 5,000 spectators against Ajaccio and we end with incredible audiences and enthusiasm. We see families, young girls… everything. And that is the greatest happiness for all of us.“