Thierry Anti is the man who brought HBC Nantes at VELUX EHF Champions League 2017/2018, for the first time in the history of the French team. The 59-year old experienced coach has three EHF Cup finals (two EHF Cup finals with HBC Nantes and Cup Winners Cup Final with US Creteil) in his long and successful career, but making dream came true with the team on which bench sitting since 2009, is the biggest result so far.
- It’s a real pleasure. We had a lot of emotions during this match, we started very well, in defense we were solid. We managed to block them in the first half but at the beginning of the second period, with a little relaxation on our part, they accelerated. We did not feel stressed but we realized that it was not that easy to go to the end. We have been patient. It’s a real pleasure for us, for the club, for all those who follow us. I know that a lot of fans were at La Troc ‘, here there were some supporters, I saw some Breton flags, others some “H”. What we experienced this year is an exceptional adventure. Now we will go to Cologne and we will try to play the blow thoroughly. What was a dream at first, even if it was a goal of the club for in a few years, we managed to do it after our second participation. I congratulate everyone, my players, the leaders, the staff and all our supporters – concluded Anti for the official club’s website.