A big challenge. All of Ajaccio and beyond in Corsica awaits this meeting. AC Ajaccio against Toulouse FC, a dream poster for the 38th and last day of the championship this Saturday evening. At the Francois Coty stadiumwith spans that will be well filled, the bears will have to beat their opponent to be sure to climb in League 1. 90 minutes – not counting additional time – to play and a victory, a very last victory to be won, in a prosperous season.
Tall challenge, yes, face to face the Toulouse ogre, champion of Ligue 2 since the last day. The best attack in Ligue 2 (82 goals scored) side Téfécé, against the best defense, the ACA (19 goals conceded).
Monday evening, Mathieu Coutadeur was the guest of the magazine “Match sheet”. The captain of AC Ajaccio is injured, and will therefore leave his armband to Gaëtant Courtet or Riad Nouri. But all week, he will accompany his comrades, including the day of the match. “From the snack to the final whistle,” he assures, in case some might have doubted it. The little number 6 will have disputed 25 games this seasonwhich he unfortunately had to truncate due toa knee problem.
To give everything
“Particularly in the preparation for matches or in the warm-up, I always tend to take on this role. The goal is to reassure the teammates, to have a little word for each of them on the instructions given by the staff. It’s also about giving them maximum confidence.” […].
A role no longer of defensive midfielder but of mental trainer, therefore. And mental, it takes against such a strong opponent. It doesn’t matter, because for the midfielder, the ACA has all the cards in hand to win and keep its second place, in order to climb directly without playing the play-off.
This small equalizing goal scored at Grenoble last Saturday (goal from Nouri, final score 1-1) is also very important, according to him. “It allows us to keep our second place, that was the objective of this day”. However, Toulouse is not Grenoble…
“Anyway, very honestly, it doesn’t matter who the opponent is. Our goal is to put things in place to win the games. We have 72 dots today, they have not been stolen from anyone. We even went for them in difficult matches, against big opponents. We have _21 wins_we are quite capable of winning another one”insists Mathieu Coutadeur.
Note that in the event of a draw, the ACA will have to count on a draw from Auxerre against Amiens. Same thing in case of defeat.