National coach Patrice Neveu, strongly denies the allegations of some Haitian sports media, who said he would have "boycotted" Friday, September 2, the press conference after the Haiti-Costa Rica match, where the Grenadiers were defeated [1-0] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18512-haiti-football-world-cup-russia-2018-end-of-the-haitian-dream.html as part of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

In a message posted on his Facebook account, the French coach has elaborated on his absence at the conference room Friday, September 2 :

"For information and for the respect of the ethics of trades:

In my national coach function, every time I am invited to any press conference before or after matches I go and in all circumstances. A coach must also be a man of dialogue who transmits his comments and reactions to the press when he is officially invited. Therefore he informs the people and their supporters. Truth is that after the match against Costa Rica I stayed in the locker room with my players and my staff, waiting to be invited to the press conference. At no time I have been invited to introduce me to this conference after the match of Costa Rica. I am not a man to back down or gargle me after defeats or victories. Here is the absolute truth that I wanted to clarify.

The National Coach of Haiti

Patrice Neveu"

BF/ iciHaiti