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Carles Martinez November, TFC coach, says he was relieved to have ended the TFC black series, who was the only Ligue 1 team not to have won at home in 2025 before this Saturday, May 3 and his victory against Rennes on the occasion of the 32nd day (2-1).
We saw you relieved, also very energetic during this meeting, which seemed to be given the importance of this victory …
I have expressed my feelings a lot today, it’s true. Football is life is passion. I have often explained you at a press conference that I cannot criticize my team, which has shown, throughout the season, great professionalism in good and bad times. Today, despite the absent for injury, the suspended, we started very well. The second half was stretched, you shouldn’t relax, it was quite stressful. I needed to show them that it might be necessary to put a little more energy. Then we take a goal where there may be a fault at the start …
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What made the difference in this match?
I think it’s far from being our best game of the season … We have made a correct performance, but not the best, especially at home. But it’s football, today we win. What I liked was our reaction after the Rennes goal. It could have put us a blow on our heads. In the week, we have prepared several scenarios, tactically, mentally, and the team believed in it. For example, Aron has struck … We repeat it very often to do it more, because he has the quality for. Today he believed it, and he marked.
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Aron Dönnum is perhaps a good example today in combativeness, what he transmitted to the group?
I don’t really want to bring out individuality. Many players have been combative and competitive. If it is necessary to talk about Aron, it is true that he takes confidence. He helps the team a lot in his new positioning, he reads the spaces very well, like Gabi (Suazo) on the other side. We see in training that he has a good quality of strike, we repeat to him to use it: be courageous. You have to try, two, three times per game and it will pass. On this match, two minutes before scoring, he shoots. I really liked he is trying his luck by following. I am also very happy for Yann (Gboho) who really liked the team, Joshua (King) too, Casseres and Vince (Sierro) ran for everyone, the defenders were very concentrated, Warren (Kamanzi) who no longer played a lot, Guillaume (remains) and the finishers who helped. I am happy for everyone.
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You are rid of this goal of winning at the Stadium in 2025, what are you going to rely for the last games of the season?
We had a big pressure on the shoulders … I said to the team: come back next week (reception of Lens editor’s note) with the same game, the same energy, the same state of mind, but much quieter, without this pressure. We can chain a second victory at home, that’s what we want, of course.
