Montanier: “A disappointment and a desolation”
Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Sunday October 02, 2022 at 8:03 p.m.
Philippe Montanier’s call for an aperitif shared between the supporters, after the matches, is a bit utopian. Unfortunately, after Toulouse – Montpellier (4-2), it once again shows the difference with rugby.
Philippe Montanier, despite Toulouse’s fine victory against Montpellier (4-2), was marked by the stoppage of the meeting for a quarter of an hour because of the use of tear gas in the stands: “C’ is a disappointment and a desolation, because with our friends from Montpellier, we had everything to make this Occitanie match a celebration, with supporters who would have tried their team in a good atmosphere. took place in a good state of mind. We want to see matches where everyone supports their team. And the ideal, at the end, would be to have a drink together.” The TFC coach remembers the last Top 14 semi-finals, in rugby, which he was able to attend in Nice.
“Between Castres and Toulouse, that’s what the supporters did”, recalls the coach of the promoted, as sorry as his counterpart Olivier Dall’Oglio (see video). “Here, we want to see that, but it wasn’t the case and it could also have had an impact on the game. It’s never easy to leave after a break like that, we did it pretty well managed.” The technician, imposed one last time that a match like that should be part of a party without incident, did not press the fact that it was the Hérault supporters who had caused this temporary stoppage of the meeting. He has especially the behavior of his own fans which helps his team a lot, without tension or whistles as soon as the score is contrarybut on the contrary always in a “positive energy”.