Jean-Louis Gasset and Montpellier HSC took another huge blow to the head by losing to a direct competitor in the race to stay this weekend at home, SCO Angers.
A three-goal defeat to one with two expulsions at the end of the match from Kouyate and Ferri which will handicap the MHSC for its next meetings. In the standings, Montpellier remains last with nine points on the clock, seven less than the play-off, AS Saint-Étienne and the first non-relegation team, FC Nantes.
Under these conditions, Jean-Louis Gasset described in a post-match press conference the mission of maintaining the ASSE competitor as an impossible mission: “Yes, we took a big hit to the head. I had hope, even though I knew it was difficult. The Lyon match was still good, even if we didn't bring home any points in content. Today, there was a first half where we were afraid. And that's serious.
In an important match like this, it is very serious to refuse the game, to not be confident instead of giving everything. There was a bit of a start to the second half where we felt a little rebellion. And then, like all teams that are poorly ranked, the red card, the other red card, the last-minute gag goal, it's the chalice down to the dregs.
(In the locker room, we told them) To take responsibility. To assume like a man. We have to talk, we have to say that we are disappointed, we have to face reality. The mission was very difficult, today it is mission impossible. There is half a championship left. There are a lot of points at stake, but we lost at Le Havre, we lost at Saint-Étienne and we lost at home against Angers. So it’s going to take a little miracle.”
Source : Free Midday
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