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Few seconds after the final whistle of the semi-final second leg, Patrice CARTERON had no words to express his disappointment. Sadness was legible on the face of the coach of the Ravens. But even in pain, the technician could not escape the questions from the media after the elimination.

"A lot of disappointment, doing such a game and not be rewarded with more goals difference, it's rare. ESS did not shoot on goal, two missed two crossing balls that turn into goals... in first leg two goals conceded, in the second leg two goals conceded.  Even though we were so unfortunate, many clear opportunities were wasted because for the two matches we had fifteen occasions, how sad! "

"Don’t blame the players ..."

"There is nothing wrong with a player when an opponent wants to cross the ball and the ball takes the direction of the opposite net. This team ESS was able to force their luck; they had a lot of success on the two games. On our side, we thought having done the toughest following our first goal in the first leg. In the second leg   I can’t blame my players were who made a very good game by getting a lot of opportunities to score. My players have totally missed success”

"Accept all results"

"We didn’t get lost at all in whole the game, we got an incredible opportunity following a corner at the end of the game with the ball we fired up and yet we needed only to place it at the bottom. Our fans would have liked to have us qualified for the final of the Champions League but ... in both games; we got more chances than our opponents, so in future we should be more realistic. We cannot stop others from scoring; you have to accept it because this is the law of sport."

"The future of Patrice CARTERON with TPM?"

“I am a simple employee of the club; the question must be put to the president. This is neither the time nor the hour; I'm terribly disappointed as the players are. It was a great game, and once again we were unlucky. The year was difficult, we went to get the league title, Super Cup, reaching the semi-finals, and we are obviously disappointed. We were closer to the final, much to our regret.”

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