No more time to procrastinate. Le Havre plays its skin in Ligue 1, and each match is a final. On Sunday, facing Auxerre, the Normans will have to display much more than an attractive face: they will have to take points. Because the red zone is dangerously closer. Abdoulaye Touré, the Norman captain, appeared at a press conference and spoke of the maintenance. Extracts.
This weekend, Le Havre moves on the lawn of AJ Auxerre for a meeting that many consider affordable. But for Abdoulaye Touré, the trap is obvious. “”Auxerre the most affordable match? That’s for you », He launches from the outset, sweeping away any idea of ease. The Le Havre environment justifies: ” I think it’s one, even the most complicated to play. First of all because they have nothing to play and will therefore be more freed. And then because they have been showing very good things since the start of the season. »
The tone is set. No question of relaxing a team “with full confidence”, which remains in particular on a wide success against Lens. This trip will be approached with caution but also ambition. “”We will have to go there with great mistrust, but also a lot of confidence, because with what we have shown against Monaco, we know that we are able to do good things “Confides Touré, still marked by the draw against AS Monaco (1-1).
Touré: “Still want to show better things”
In an breathtaking end of the season, Le Havre knows that nothing is played. “” It’s not over, there are still three games. Maintaining is far from acquired, but we are on the right track “Said the player trained in Nantes. The recipe to get there? Solidarity, a flawless desire, and a united group.
« As long as we are still alive, as long as there are points to get, we are there. We still have our word to say. On the last games, we showed that we were hungry, that we still wanted to prove. For Abdoulaye Touré, the service delivered against Monaco constitutes a solid support point. “” We have shown a strength of character, significant solidarity. Of the last three games, it will be the key. »
Aware of the requirements of the final sprint, he insists: ” We will need everyone. If you have to change a player, the replacement must do the job. And I think we are all ready for these last three games. »
“I don’t want to hear about Ligue 2”
Le Havre is still on the tightrope. Barragists three days from the end, the Normans have a foot in Ligue 1 … but the other which still trembles. Abdoulaye Touré does not hide his goal: ” Today, if the championship stops, we are barragists. But the goal is to get out of this area. Maintain yourself directly. If you have to go through the dams, I sign. In any case, I don’t want to hear about Ligue 2. »
Tired by a long and trying season, the experienced environment keeps the course: ” If at the end, we keep each other, all these efforts will not count. It will be it, the real reward. »
One thing is certain, Abdoulaye Touré and his teammates will go to Auxerre to fight, not to manage, before receiving OM and moving to Strasbourg. A complicated calendar that contrasts with that of an ASSE that dreams of overcoming the Normans!
