- Last in Ligue 1, the TFC moves to the roadblocker, Angers, on Saturday.
- In the twelfth loss in a row, the Violets would tie the record for the first division and prepare for a very long end to the season.
The sentence could have been pronounced by his friend, Pascal Dupraz. "When you're sick, until proven otherwise, it's that you're not dead yet," said Denis Zanko this Thursday in the press room of the Stadium. Impossible to contradict the TFC coach. At least until Saturday, 10 p.m. The red lantern of Ligue 1 will then have played its match at the 18th, Amiens.
If successful, Ibrahim Sangaré's teammates would return three points from the current Picard dam. But another defeat would push them back to nine lengths, the equivalent of three wins to catch up. Critical at 17 days from the end of the championship, for a team that has just been able to win three of its first 21 games…
Beware of the record
"Speculating on the outcome of Amiens is science fiction," says Zanko. You talk to me about a negative result but we can imagine, in any case it is our will, a positive result. " Yes we can. But it is difficult, when we speak of a club that remains on eleven setbacks in L1, a step from the ugly record established over a season by CA Paris in 1933-1934.
📊 Sad reminder: @ToulouseFC: 11 consecutive defeats in @ Ligue1Conforama
The record for the history of the championship in the same season:
12 consecutive defeats from CA Paris in 1933/34. # ASCTFC pic.twitter.com/R17EBV8AaN
The most resilient Toulouse supporters can still look at the results of Amiens, second weakest defense (41 goals, which is always better than the 47 of Tef), and who has lost the recipe for success in the league since 2 November (six losses, two draws). "I can not assess which side will be the pressure," said Zanko, who still hopes to recover a midfielder by the end of the transfer window this Friday midnight.
No unicorn samba?
In any case, we would not bet on samba football on Saturday night at the Licorne stadium, no more than during the only two Amiens - Toulouse played to date in Ligue 1 (0-0 in 2018 then in 2019).
Zanko should choose a defensive device in 4-1-4-1, with Sangaré in sentry and Koulouris alone in point, waiting for one or two balls to push at the bottom, to be able to believe at least until the arrival of Strasbourg, Wednesday. "This match, it is very, very far, light years away for us," says the technician, still deprived of injury from Max-Alain "Skywalker" Gradel in his quest for new hope.
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