“Toulouse deserves Ligue 1”, according to Garande, but will still play in L2

So close to the goal. Toulouse FC will not return to the elite, a year after leaving it. After missing Thursday at the Stadium (2-1 defeat), Patrice Garande’s men won 1-0 on Sunday night in Nantes in the return leg of the play-offs. Insufficient success. “I am very disappointed, I believed it,” admitted the coach at a press conference. The players are shot. I was already proud of them before. And after this match even more. Indeed, we missed the first round. Today [dimanche soir], the performance of the players was enormous. We all knew we missed out on the first leg. Today, we saw the real Toulouse team. In this game, the team deserved the climb, but there were two games. “And the missed one on Thursday is very expensive in the end.

At La Beaujoire, the TFC managed to carry the Canaries around for more than 90 minutes, without however creating a multitude of opportunities. In the 62nd, Bayo opened the scoring, but paradoxically, this goal did not give more offensive impetus to Toulouse. In the 80th, on a hand from Nantes Charles Traoré in the penalty area, the Toulouse people believed that the referee was going to “offer” them the penalty for winning and Ligue 1. But the video assistance did not not flinched. “I wonder how we can not whistle penalty, railed Garande. When I see the pictures, it’s a scandal. I would like a referee to explain the use of VAR to me. “

Third in L2, the TFC leaves for a season in the elite’s anteroom. “We had a fantastic season, I took a huge step, positiv (excessively) Garande. I had told the players before the game that the season was already successful. We must not forget where we started from. I told the players, I’m very proud of them. We have a lot of positive elements on which we will build and next year, we will try again. “Before concluding:” We have found a team, supporters and dynamism … I say that, but we are still in Ligue 2! “And for at least twelve more months …