Invasion of the pitch, jets of smoke bombs, hooded supporters… In Nantes, the evening truly turned into a nightmare this Sunday, on the last day of Ligue 1. Officially relegated to Ligue 2, the Canaries hosted Toulouse in a La Beaujoire stadium where the atmosphere looked particularly hostile.
The match unfortunately could not come to an end, due to the chaotic scenes from La Brigade Loire, the club’s main supporters association, in the 22nd minute. These forced the referee of the match Stéphanie Frappart to definitively stop the match (0-0).
Vahid Halilhodzic, on the bench, was then in all his states. For the last match of his career, the FCN coach did not manage to hide his sadness, but also his anger, at a press conference.
Vahid Halilhodzic: “It’s the worst thing to do”
“ It’s very serious. Sportingly, the club is going downhill. It’s a dramatic situation, the tactician first recalled, with tears in his eyes. It’s sad, I have no other words. I know what it means to interrupt a match. That means sanctions tomorrow. It was my last match, I had prepared and worked for it. I wanted a victory for our honor, our pride and to end on a positive note. What you saw happened. »
And continue. “ I’m so excited. I didn’t want the match to end. It was my instinct that spoke. I was in a crazy emotion, I thought they were going to listen to me. I told them: “Not that, not that, it’s the worst thing to do!” “. Unfortunately, everything was already planned beforehand. It’s sad. It’s a shame. » A last one with a very bitter taste for the Franco-Bosnian, who will have given everything since March 10 to try to save Nantes.
