Patrick Videira caused a sensation in the last two years in French football and has already renewed for another three seasons at Le Mans, having even turned down an invitation from Lens, who will compete in the Champions League. The Portuguese-Gallic coach, son of emigrants, reveals himself and his ideas in an interview with A BOLA.
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— Thank you for accepting our invitation. I’ll start here: is promotion a fair reward, considering the fight, work and consistency throughout the season?
— I will always say that it is fair because there are 34 rounds and we deserve this climb. Now, we know it’s always difficult. A championship is always complicated, but, well, the boys, and I say this often, worked hard, it was a lot of sweat and then, in the end, a lot of joy.
— There’s a coincidence here, which is that it was Bastia again, isn’t there? Fortunately, it ended up working out both times, but does it seem like fate or do you just not see it that way?
— Yes, it is a reality. In my life, Bastia always appears. Afterwards, it was also a complicated moment, because on the one hand there was a lot of joy about the promotion to the first division, but there was also Bastia’s relegation, and I also live here close to the Bastia stadium, but a person has to be professional and we have been fighting since June 30th to be able to climb to the first division… I had asked my players to be very humble and upon returning to Le Mans we were able to celebrate this promotion.
— That game in Corsica didn’t end as you wanted, due to problems with the fans. You were winning and the result was approved, but it certainly wasn’t the party you wanted to have…
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