Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Monday November 11, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.
The energy of despair. Montpellier knew how to use it while it was not yet too late, Sunday against Brest (3-1).
It was the must-win match for Montpellier. For the 50 years of the club's history, but above all so as not to be already too far behind in last place. And the Héraultais achieved their second success of the season in front of Brest (3-1) by delivering their best performance, without a doubt. “Even if it makes us move forward a little, we must not shout cocorico,” immediately warns Jean-Louis Gasset, who has obviously seen others. The Héraultais retain the red lantern but thus come back to two points from Le Havre and three lengths from the trio Nantes – Angers – Saint-Etienne.
Gasset: “We suffer at all levels (…) We had no right to miss each other”
“The players gave everything, sometimes clumsily and we could have made the match easier, because we had the ball 3-0 then 3-1. But when we are in a period like that, we suffer all levels.” The one who managed the Ivory Coast then OM last season recalls that certain executives were a little demobilized when he arrived less than three weeks ago, replacing Michel Der Zakarian, and others “physically a little flat”: “They took power, I told them that we needed these players to rely on.” Jordan Ferri agrees: “We had to be rewarded.” Wahbi Khazri greets his coach: “We were treated to a real speech from him, it got us into it immediately. When everyone works in the same direction, we are capable of great things.”
Jean-Louis Gasset is also happy for his president Laurent Nicollin, “who was still attacked violently and needed to feel a response from his players”: “We can always discuss the quality, but at least he saw the state of mind of La Paillade We had no right to fail.” The trip to Saint-Etienne, another former club of the historic coach returning to the MHSC, will be decisive at the end of next week, upon returning from the international break. A real six-point match which could even allow Montpellier to leave its 18th place. For the moment, the residents of Mosson have not taken any points away.
