[Avant-match] Not to be left behind by the people of Le Havre

Every week we expect a burst of pride, every weekend we are disappointed. So, yes, we are waiting for the trigger, the reaction from our players, but are they even capable of it?

Before meeting the penultimate in the championship, let's hope that Jean-Louis Gasset will have found the first levers to breathe life back into this apathetic, amorphous group, suffering defeats every week as if they were carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. shoulders. In order not to be left behind by the grupetto lagging behind at the bottom of the ranking, La Paillade must find some color. Will the arrival of Nikola Maksimovic be enough to breathe new life into a defense with absent subscribers? We will have our first answers tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Océane stadium. All areas of play need to be reviewed, the defense must be more solid, the midfielders more incisive in duels, the attackers more deadly up front. But by repeating, 'we have to, we just have to' we lose our Latin a little to find reasons for hope in our favorite eleven. When there are no more expectations, there is no more disappointment, like players we suffer and expect actions from players. They are the ones who have the truth at their feet (and in their heads too).

It seems that the grass is not always greener elsewhere since Le Havre is also in a bad position in this championship. Seventeenth, Didier Digard's men won their duels against Auxerre and Saint-Étienne, two other contenders to remain and otherwise, they only knew defeat. No points gleaned since September 1st. With seven goals scored and twenty conceded, Le Havre are up to MHSC standards, but less worse. Deprived of two major elements with Josué Casimir and Christopher Operi, this further levels the balance of power between two teams weakened by absences.

This is clearly the match of fear between the last two in the ranking. Montpellier Hérault must wake up, and the sooner the better. Of course, there will be matches left afterwards, but at some point it will be too late. So, let’s stop letting the boat slip by and collect some points!