Toulouse defender Kelvin Amian, one of the survivors of the catastrophic last season in Ligue 1. -

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  • Against Sochaux, Monday night in Ligue 2 (0-0), the TFC failed to end its terrible series of games without a win in the league, now brought to 22.

  • Favorite for the comeback, the all fresh relegated, however, finally stopped the bleeding of defeats.

  • Still in reconstruction, the club which has changed almost everything this summer really hopes to launch its season after the end of the transfer window on October 5.

There are two ways to watch this TFC-Sochaux (0-0) on Monday night in Ligue 2. The most jaded Toulouse supporters will observe that Toulouse, candidate declared for the immediate rise in the elite, has chained a 22nd official match in a row without success, including 20 losses.

Optimists will object that Patrice Garande's team ended a series of eight losses in a row in the league, started in Ligue 1 after the trip to Amiens (0-0, February 1), which allows him to come out of the relegation zone at the end of this third day of L2.

The new coach of the Violets unsurprisingly leans for the second vision, after the inaugural failure at home against Dunkirk (0-1) then the defensive sinking in Grenoble (5-3).

“We unlocked the meter,” notes the former technician from Caen.

We are disappointed, but it's not the same disappointment as in Grenoble because we played from start to finish.

It's a game we deserve to win.

We are in the process of rebuilding something.

"

📊 After their draw against Sochaux (0-0), @ToulouseFC is still awaiting its first TCC victory since October 31, 2019 (1-2 in Niort in @CoupeLigueBKT).



Since:



👕 22 TCC matches


✅ 0 wins


⚪️ 2 draws


❌ 20 losses # TFCFCSM pic.twitter.com/vYJe0ca1X9

- TFC Database (@TFCDatabase) September 14, 2020

The TFC generally dominated but ultimately created only a few big chances, with the exception of Amine Adli's strike rejected by Sochaux goalkeeper Maxence Prévot from the 1st minute, and the shot from 35 meters in "rainbow shot ”by Sam Sanna at the 37th.

But at least he did not crack on set pieces, his cute sin, and showed a certain defensive stance despite the persistent poor form of Bafodé Diakité.

First appearances for Dejaegere and Healey

"We found a soul, a state of mind, things that we had not seen since the start of the season," remarks Maxime Dupé, the goalkeeper who will return on Saturday with the TFC to Clermont where, on loan from Nantes, he had shone in 2019-2020.

Among the rookies, after the Dutchman Van den Boomen, the Ivorian Bayo and the Colombian Machado in the previous weeks, it was the Belgian Dejaegere and the Englishman Healey who made their first appearance in Purple this Monday shortly after the hour of game. A more promising start for the first in the middle than for the second in attack.

#TFCFCSM, the video summary 📺⤵️https: //t.co/UIMxQd8jak pic.twitter.com/ibd8blAu9P

- Toulouse FC (@ToulouseFC) September 14, 2020

"There are still three weeks before the end of the transfer window [on October 5], we want to hold out until then," explains Dupé.

Because, as Garande confirms, “it's a very complicated period”.

The technician confirmed that he was still waiting for reinforcements but also for departures.

“I don't hope to have everyone yet, but I have too many people, with 31 players under contract.

"

A "new season" at the end of the transfer window

The departures of Moreira, Rogel, Bostock, Mubele or Leya Iseka are desired while Ibrahim Sangaré (sick and absent against Sochaux), despite his spectral performances, keeps a good rating.

It will also be necessary to keep the jewel Manu Koné, so technically above in the midfield.

This TFC

made in US

, which changed almost everything in the offseason, is not at the end of its troubles.

“On October 5, a new season begins,” Garande asserts.

“We're not off to a good start, but I can assure you it's not over.

“We'll have to win one day, anyway.

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