“We have been under pressure for two months, we are suffering, we are living very poorly”

A defeat which risks leaving serious consequences. This weekend, Montpellier sank once again, this time in the Coupe de France against the National 2 team, Puy Foot 43, during the 32nd finals (4-0). A distress clearly displayed by the Montpellier coach, Jean-Louis Gasset, at a press conference: “We are suffering…”, he declared. Montpellier, already bottom of Ligue 1, was unable to find the necessary resources to even exist in this match.

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After this heavy defeat, the Montpellier coach notes that his players are giving up little by little: “Since I arrived (end of October), we have played many away matches (four in total), we have not took a point, we didn't score a goal… This match was important to give ourselves some fresh air… I hoped that, in another competition, we could show more mental quality But we have. abandoned there. Reality came back to us,” he said. entrusted. With only nine points in fifteen Ligue 1 matches, the coach admitted that it would be difficult to raise the group's morale: “My players are not well. It's very complicated to lift this group psychologically. That's two months that we are under pressure, we suffer, we live very badly We try to give hope, to say that it is possible, but this one is going to hurt. As a reminder, the MHSC will return to Ligue 1 on January 4 against OL.