According to TFC coach Carles Martinez Novell, it is becoming increasingly difficult to play high-intensity duels in football without risking a red card. This Friday, Toulouse lost to Lens in Ligue 1, weighed down by the expulsion of Yann Gboho in the 17th minute of play.
Did the red card received by Yann Gboho in the 17th minute of play change everything in this meeting?
He changed a lot of things. Against Lens, at 10, it’s very difficult. It changed our match, our game plan. We had protected our surface well at the start of the game. Then it gets very complicated. And Guillaume (Restes) makes a lot of stops…
The first quarter of an hour before the red card is rewarded with two goals. Will we have to rely on it to prepare for the Coupe de France semi-final on Tuesday?
This is the positive part of the evening. Our idea was the right one. The team was also very compact, which is what we are looking for. Even at 10, I saw good things, important duels won, which give us some breathing space.
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This is the second red card you have received this season against Lens, for similar faults. Does that say anything about the excess energy the players are putting into this team?
It’s football, today it’s like that. This is also true in La Liga in Spain, or elsewhere. It becomes difficult to play football, because the duels are hard to play: the players cannot disappear. They arrive a millisecond too late, and it’s over. But I’m not criticizing this rule. I’m just saying it’s very difficult for all players. I hope that on Tuesday there will not be a third ten-on-eleven match against Lens.
But one of the consequences is precisely that Yann Gboho will miss the semi-final… What solutions to replace him?
Yann, but also Mark McKenzie… I have already said my opinion on Mark’s suspension. Now, yes, these are difficult times, but you have to stay positive. Remember the lessons of this evening, learn well from this atmosphere, from this stadium, and I have already said it, our path to the Coupe de France was not easy. We have already been to the Vélodrome in Marseille (in the quarter-final), we are capable of doing something here.
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Will these be two very different matches?
The Cup is different. These are 90 minutes, there are no overtimes, the match scenario can change very often. Today the situation for Lens is that they have to win, because we are 10 down from the 17th minute. Tuesday will be different.
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