For the TFC, a possible farewell to Ligue 2 involves a victory in the chopper match against Grenoble this Friday evening at the Stadium. – FRED SCHEIBER / SIPA
“You have to play down the situation, think about what you can gain, not what you can lose”. Patrice Garande, the coach of “Tef”, may try to lower the pressure and surround his group with a bubble of zenitude, the fact remains: the Violets will play their season on a match Friday night at the Stadium (at 8 p.m. 45), facing Grenoble.
This pre-dam match is now the only way for the biggest budget in Ligue 2, and the new presidency Comolli, to achieve its goal of lightning up in the top flight.
The renewed affection of the supporters
Before this chopper match and after a solid season, but which the coronavirus has undoubtedly prevented from being perfect at the end, the atmosphere is good in any case. Far from the nightmare of the end of the Sadran era, supporters are reconciled with a team that has regaled them with a prolific attack (the best in the league at 71 goals) and a six-month unbeaten run at home. Deprived of spans for this new game behind closed doors, the Indians have an appointment under the Stadium bridge to accompany the Violets bus to their destiny.
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As for the locker room, the state of mind is also there. “I can feel my players happy, impatient to play this game. They are fully in the goal ”, assures Patrice Garande.
If it breaks, they’ll be on vacation. If it passes, they will play their future again. At the Stadium on Thursday May 27 then away on Sunday 30 against the 18th in Ligue 1. It could be Nantes, Brest, Lorient or Strasbourg.