SC Bastia is in turmoil. Last in Ligue 2 after 11 days of the championship without the slightest victory on the clock (four draws and seven defeats), the Corsican club is already six lengths behind on the waterline and a possible play-off place. A worrying posture which is not without consequences.
This Thursday, management chose to part ways with their coach Benoît Tavenot. A heavy decision which encouraged Frédéric Antonetti, sports coordinator since last year, to also leave the ship when the bench was offered to him. “
I take note of management’s decision to part ways with Benoît Tavenot. Faithful to my line of conduct, I assume my share of responsibility for the club’s current situation of failure. I have therefore decided to leave my position with immediate effect », Writes the person concerned in a press release.
“ With hindsight, I probably did not appreciate the difficulty for a coach to occupy such a position, too different from the one I knew in my career and too far from the field.continues Frédéric Antonetti. Despite the proposal made to me by Claude Ferrandi (the president of SC Bastia, editor’s note) to take over the team, I made this difficult decision because I saw no other alternatives. »
The former strategist of Saint-Etienne, Nice, Rennes and even Lille still admits to having been guided in his choice by the attitude of certain supporters. “ Beyond the sense of honor and loyalty, which has always guided me in my life and which requires me not to take the place of the one I had chosen to occupy the position of head coach, my choice was largely facilitated by a tense confrontation with a radical fringe of individuals yesterday at the training center. »
A resignation demanded
“ Their behavior and aggressiveness deeply shocked meadds Frédéric Antonetti. I obviously do not equate these people with the majority of supporters, who have been very supportive and whom I thank for their solidarity in good times and bad. My story with SC Bastia ends in a way that I had never envisaged, but you have to have the humility to recognize your failure and know how to withdraw in the face of the animosity and rejection that you arouse. »
Shortly before the release of this press release, the Tribuna Petrignani group issued a public missive to demand this resignation, blaming Frédéric Antonetti who appeared “
haughty and smug » during an exchange said “
respectful » between around twenty supporters from the East stand and the Sporting staff and players. Friday against Clermont at the Armand-Cesari stadium, Michel Moretti will lead Furiani’s Lions.
