"To put stamps", "to defend well", "I did not see any match of Ligue 1": the new coach of Toulouse already criticized without having directed a single match

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The arrival of Antoine Kombouare in Toulouse has already made much of her talk. At issue: a press conference presentation rather lunar …

Antoine Kombouare is part of the furniture in Ligue 1. When he leaves a club – often after poor results very poor – the French technician still manages to find hiring. Since 2013, he has been seen coach Lens, Guingamp, Dijon and now Toulouse, where he arrived this week following the departure of Alain Casanova.

More than his CV, this is the first impression he left during his presentation to the press this week that was commented. His wobbly discourse has thus gone around social networks. Do not expect a speech focused on tactics: with Kombouare, we first wets his shirt and then we see. "To win matches, you have to be strong," he repeated tirelessly.

"It's important to defend well, I want to see a team that wants to defend, who likes to defend. (…) We must regain the taste to put stamps, excuse me the term and be respected," explains -t it.

His speech is not helped by the attitude of the coach a little casual during this press conference, when he admitted not having followed the championship assiduously. "As usual, I'm going to be very honest with you, I have not followed League 1. I've been watching from a distance, watching the summaries of" Football Day ", but not the matches in whole … ", he describes, before putting a layer on his philosophy. "The best attacks are because they have the best defenses."

Pinned on social networks, the intervention of Kombouare caused astonishment on the part of many observers, and not only Toulouse fans (who already understood that they should not expect football champagne). "What a lack of ambition!", "That's it, a coach with 15 years of experience in L1?", "We are in 2019 and we still give work to this kind of coach", ask themselves Internet users.

Confronted with these observations on RMC Thursday night, while he will lead his first match against Lille on Saturday night, Antoine Kombouare has already had to justify himself who has not yet made his mark in his new club. "I watched matches, but not like when I coach, involved with all the videos and everything," he replies. "I watched it a little less, because it's called blowing, I needed to recover, I did not want to tell you lies by saying that I was in Greece or in the Pacific watching all the matches on my phone, but what's important is that now I'm there, 100% involved, and I'm going to do my best to get my team back on track. "

First opportunity to do this Saturday against the LOSC Victor Osimhen.