At a press conference on Friday, two days before the LOSC reception in Montpellier, Jean-Louis Gasset was very complimentary towards his opponent.
As part of the thirteenth day of Ligue 1 McDonald's, LOSC travels to the pitch of Montpellier HSC, bottom red. This nickname is not the only status that sticks to the skin of Montpellier residents, unable to beat the Mastiffs since 2017 at La Mosson, seven years of drought in front of their public. This series is not insignificant for Jean-Louis Gasset, new coach of the MHSC, who has a very high regard for the Lille team:
“For me, Lille is consistency. When you look at the rankings from last year at this time, they are fourth, qualified. There, they are making the necessary progress in the Champions League, they are not far from having signed the contract. In the league, they are still fourth. That means it's regular. »
The Montpellier technician continues: “It’s a club which is managed by Olivier Létang, whom I know well, and which has a workforce built to the millimeter. There are young people who are very strong, and players who supervise like Benjamin André, (Rémy) Cabella… There are these mature players and young people who we are discovering. There is (Edon) Zhegrova, the small midfielder (Ayyoub Bouaddi) who is magnificent while they have (Nabil) Bentaleb injured, full of problems. But it works very well, there is no secret. This is not far from what is best in the teams under the two or three big favorites. It's regularity. I often tell Olivier Létang that he is a visionary because he is one step ahead of everyone. It's something to think about.”he finally blurted out, without specifying the end of his thought.
“The accident has already happened, it’s our misfortune”
One of the big uncertainties of this meeting is the presence, or absence, of Edon Zhegrova in the starting lineup:
“This doesn’t change my game planhowever, Jean-Louis Gasset retorted to the journalists present in front of him. Bruno Genesio did not play him in the Champions League. It has 21 players who can score two goals while starting as the hardworking midfielder. They have a lineup of two teams. He then chooses based on small ailments or the state of fatigue, which means the group is well constructed and living well.he emphasizes.
However, nothing is ever lost in football. Before embarking on a positive series of twelve consecutive matches without defeat, LOSC collapsed at Saint-Étienne, a promoted side. Strangely, it is not this result that gives comfort to Jean-Louis Gasset: “The accident has already happened and it is our misfortunehe continues directly. Perhaps we could have surprised them like we did against Brest. There, I know the speech of the president and the coach. They're going to say it's a trap match. It's up to us to find the resources and the ingredients to show that we are last but that we don't have this attitude.”concludes the savior of Montpellier HSC, successor to Michel Der Zakarian.
MSHC – LOSC: The press conference
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