TFC striker Janis Antiste against Dunkirk, August 22, 2020 during the first day of Ligue 2 at the Toulouse Stadium.

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  • After finally winning his first match in Ligue 2 after five days, the relegated Toulouse, 14th, receives the fifth, Troyes, Saturday.

  • The very promising Janis Antiste (18) should again be aligned in attack.

  • Author of two league goals, this pure Toulousain, trained at the club, already displays enormous qualities, on and off the field.

For a first professional goal, we saw uglier.

The sublime chisel returned from Janis Antiste in Grenoble, August 29, did not change the face of this match of the second day of Ligue 2. It simply allowed the heavily beaten TFC to return to 5-3, score final.

But this little gem allowed the young striker, just 18, to make himself known beyond the “mundillo” of Toulouse fans.

Since then, the French international U17 and U18, likely holder on Saturday against Troyes at the Stadium, struck again in Clermont at the very end of the game.

A less beautiful goal but much more precious, since it allowed the Violets to avoid defeat (1-1) and to continue a small series of unbeaten, brought to three games after the victory against Auxerre (3-1) , the first for almost a year.

We start the week with the marvel of scissors signed Janis #Antiste!



We would have preferred a different result in this # GF38TFC but despite everything, congratulations to our Pitchoun for this first ⚽️ among the pros. # MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/np0nvHoPNe

- Toulouse FC (@ToulouseFC) August 31, 2020

“Janis is a boy who eats life, he always has a smile when he arrives at training, appreciates his coach Patrice Garande.

He listens and when he plays there is always something going on.

»Fast, athletic (1.82 m, 77 kg), able to evolve on a wing, alone at the peak or associated with another player (Vakoun Bayo in the current 3-5-2), Antiste can become a rare pearl .

A training club that leaves few forwards

Because if the TFC has always trained excellent players, from Fabien Barthez to Issa Diop via Etienne Capoue or Moussa Sissoko, it is struggling to "get out" from very good attackers since Anthony Bancarel (which does not make us any younger) or more recently Xavier Pentecôte, with a career shattered by a recalcitrant body.

We remember the very first steps of Pitchoun in L1, on February 5 at the Stadium against Strasbourg (0-1), within a drifting team.

Entering in the 79th minute, he had run as if his life depended on it.

“I had no particular pressure, but a lot of adrenaline, explains Antiste today.

I was like crazy!

I even said to myself at one point that I had to calm down, because I was not going to hold!

"

In Grenoble, Janis Antiste (18 years, 0 months, 11 days) became the 4th youngest TCC scorer of @ToulouseFC over the last 45 seasons, after:



Jean-Luc Sassus (17 years, 3 months, 29 days)


Adrien Rabiot (17 years, 11 months, 6 days)


Bafodé Diakité (18 years, 0 months, 0 days) # GF38TFC pic.twitter.com/QdHUPUQyyG

- TFC Database (@TFCDatabase) September 2, 2020

“Today, he has a better management of the approach of the matches, judge Garande, arrived this summer at the bedside of the relegated.

At first he was very tense, now I can feel him more serene.

His goals and performances surely help him to have confidence.

“When his body left him alone, the native of Toulouse has always turned like a machine in the youth teams of the TFC, where he arrived here 10 years ago, after starting football in Portet-sur-Garonne.

He keeps track of his stats, especially of this fabulous season in U17, with 21 goals and 15 assists.

"He never cheats"

“The most impressive are the 15 passes, because it's rare for a scorer.

It is a reflection of his very altruistic game and his ability to judge the best way to win the team.

"These words are signed by twittos Labinocle 81, an expert on the youth teams of Île du Ramier.

“I've been following Janis from U15.

He is a versatile player because he is very intelligent.

He has great energy and never cheats.

He has his head on his shoulders, a very good education and he is a true lover of TFC.

»Do not throw any more!

While the son feasted on the field in the youth categories, his father took care of the entertainment outside, with his drum or a sound system out of the trunk of the car.

Apparently genetic ambience qualities among the Antistes, since Janis has always launched the cry of victory in front of her teammates.

"I've been doing this since the U8s until now," smiles the neo-professional, also a DUT GEA student [Management of companies and administrations].

It's something that I have in me!

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Shaking the Ligue 2 nets and then the locker rooms, this is now the mission of the young striker, who has everything to become the darling of the Stadium.

Finally, when the public can come back to it.

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