It is done ! The girls of Toulouse FC go back to D2, and complete a royal season
By Quentin Marais
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week after week, Toulouse FC a little more enriched a season already carrying in titles. This Sunday, June 26, 2022, it’s the women’s team that found the D2two years after his descent, following his success against Monaco (1-0).
A but, the right one
“This last step to climb, it’s the hardest. It comes at the end of a long road”, had announced Antoine Gerard, the women’s coach, 72 hours before the big meeting. This round-trip play-off had started rather well for the Violettes, who returned from Monaco with a draw. ” We prefer having done 2-2 outside on the way… conceded the technician. This Sunday, in front of several hundred people who responded to Captain Clementine Dias Veloso, the Toulousaines won the second round, 1-0, thanks to a superb realization of Sonia Roumiga half an hour into the game.
From joy to the broadcast of a royal season
Under the eyes of Philippe Montanier, Damien Comolli, but also several players from the pennant team who came to provide their support at the edge of the field, Antoine Gérard’s protégés kept their lead and validated their return to the second French level. They had been relegated to R1 at the end of the 2019-2020 financial year, stopped prematurely due to the covid-19 epidemic. The last two teams of the 12 formations composing the championship had been submitted to the lower level, and TFC was ranked 11th when the season was interrupted.
But the bad memories have been chased away this Sunday. And the smiles largely invaded the faces of the Toulousaines, who completed a stratospheric season: they had finished the regular phase with 18 wins in as many matches, and 101 goals scored for… 5 conceded. On the occasion of their first play-off meeting, the women had again made the powder speak by winning 12-0 against ASMUR (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Before validating the climb against Monaco.
A climb… that’s worth two
There was a double in play on the Brice Taton field this Sunday afternoon. Indeed, as Antoine Gérard recalled at a press conference, Thursday, June 23, the rise of his players could call for another: the reserved team had finished champion of R2. She therefore won the right to evolve in R1 next season, if and only if, the partners of Clémentine Dias Veloso managed, for their part, to compost their ticket for the D2, two teams from the same club not being able to play in the same division. Success against Monaco therefore allows two teams to reach the next level. Climbs, again and again…
A breathtaking year for the club
If the season has been royal for women, she is simply breathtaking for Toulouse FC. It all started on April 25, when Philippe Montanier’s troops formalized their return to Ligue 1, acquired while mastering. A few days later, it’s the title of French Ligue 2 champion which caused the Stadium to capsize. On Saturday June 4, 2022, it was then the Pitchouns who shone, becoming French champions in the U17 category. And finally, the women of the club who achieve a fabulous double. What more ?
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