ASSE will face Montpellier on Saturday November 23 (7 p.m.). Dead last, the Montpellier residents will play big in the Cauldron against a team from St-Etienne who will want to distance themselves from a direct opponent for maintenance. In the ranks of the MHSC, an old acquaintance from Saint-Etienne will be missing…
In two weeks, Saint-Étienne will face a Montpellier team in great difficulty at the start of the Ligue 1 championship. The MHSC currently has several former Stéphanois in its ranks, such as Arnaud Nordin, Wahbi Khazri, and Falaye Sacko, without forgetting Jean- Louis Gasset, the new Montpellier coach.
Montpellier: Greens and a Lyonnais!
We also find among the Montpellier residents a former Lyon player, Jordan Ferri, a player who left a bitter memory to Saint-Etienne supporters due to the injury he inflicted on Robert Beric. Today, at 32, Ferri seems more composed, as evidenced by his interview about this episode, collected by Colinterview:
“The only real regret I have is not having gone to see Robert Beric directly in the hospital. It's the reality, and I've already said it. The images show it: it was Christophe Galtier who was coaching at the time, and during the match, I asked about him. But then, there was such relentless media coverage, and I received so many hate messages from Saint-Étienne supporters. , which I understand, because I injured their attacker for a long period of time. I should have, in hindsight, had the necessary maturity to separate things between football and humans, and go. check on his condition at the hospital.”
Ferri is going to miss his own Derby!
“As a man, this is my only regret after this incident. It was not an intentional violent gesture, but an injury which, unfortunately, is part of the risks of the game. With hindsight and the maturity that I today, I regret not having picked up my phone or going to visit him to get his news. At the time, I didn't have the perspective to distinguish football from people.
These are things that I have learned throughout my career, over time. At my age, I'm closer to the end than the beginning, and I see things so differently today.”
A speech that contrasts with the one he gave in 2015. The reunion with the ex-Lyon player would therefore have been peaceful, however, they will not take place. Indeed, for having received a third yellow card over a period of 10 matches, Jordan Ferri will not be able to participate in the confrontation between Montpellier and ASSE. Good news or bad news? Only the outcome of the meeting will tell us…
