Frédéric Antonetti.
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The character is known throughout Ligue 1 for his anger at the edge of the field.
But does Fréderic Antonetti boil down to just that?
Response to Metz, where he has occupied the bench again since October.
“He masters all aspects of his job, from recruitment to relations with players, communication etc.
He is someone of a very high level and very good on a human level, ”assures the deputy general manager of the Garnet club, Philippe Gaillot.
A description supported by the side of FC Metz, Matthieu Udol.
Frédéric Antonetti is also described as a trainer at heart, hard work and "very direct, honest, polite" by those who work with him on a daily basis.
"You bogus that you are!"
Go to the southern kop, you, instead of playing!
"In a few colorful sentences to the Niçois Yoan Cardinale, Fréderic Antonetti went on the TV tour at the beginning of January.
Like before.
As when the coach often agitated Division 1 then Ligue 1 with his anger.
With Bastia of course, but also Saint-Etienne, Nice, Rennes, Lille ...
Then Metz, joined in the spring of 2018 and from which he had moved away a year later to be at his wife's bedside.
After 22 months at home in Corsica, the technician regained his place at the beginning of October.
With exceptional results.
His team, more intended to play maintenance, is in 7th place in the championship after 24 days.
What reminds us that the man is not only the character caricatured to excess.
"This image of the guy who can cry on the sidelines hides his enormous qualities as a coach and manager," confirms the deputy general manager of the garnet club, Philippe Gaillot.
“He masters all aspects of his job, from recruitment to relations with players, communication etc.
He is a very high level person and very good on a human level.
"
"Very thoughtful"
The manager thus describes a Frédéric Antonetti "very direct, honest, polite.
He is constantly arguing, we have real discussions on the merits.
With the players, it's the same.
"A description that Matthieu Udol does not deny.
"He is friendly and very attentive while being a real leader who leads his group well," explains the left side of FC Metz, sometimes a privileged witness to the remonstrances of his coach.
"Yes, every other half, I'm in front of him," he laughs.
If the instructions are not respected, it will quickly annoy him and it goes up a bit, it's true!
But he doesn't spend his life doing it.
Most of the time, he's a pretty cheerful person who is open to laughing.
He is very thoughtful.
Football is a science for him.
"
The technician, a hard worker who lives at the hotel and spends nearly 12 hours at the club each day, pays special attention to young people.
“In training, he can stop an exercise and take 5 minutes with the right back of the reserve if things don't go well.
With him, it really is the triumph of training, ”testifies Christian Jougleux, journalist for the regional daily
Le Républicain Lorrain
.
“He is very good at developing players but also at putting others in order.
Like Leya Iseka, in check in Toulouse and that he revived here.
President Serin has already said it, Antonetti is his best recruit.
"
A recruit who is coming to the end of his contract next summer.
Time for retirement for the young sixty-year-old?
"We want to extend both," sweeps Philippe Gaillot, without announcing an extension.
The person concerned raised the subject last week.
In a rare exception to his modesty in front of the press.
“I was programmed for three years.
It's private, but I told my wife that it was my last contract.
Events have meant that… well, in short… excuse me ”, confided Frédéric Antonetti, on the verge of tears.
Once again, far from the excessive image that sticks to jogging.
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