Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Sunday January 5, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.
Author of the fatal own goal for Montpellier this Saturday in Lyon, Khalil Fayad was marked by his misadventure according to his coach Jean-Louis Gasset.
Montpellier believed for a long time to score its first away point this season. Faced with a Lyon team that was not necessarily very inspired, the Héraultais “had everything it took” to achieve this according to their coach Jean-Louis Gasset, who spoke at a press conference after the match. However, at the start of added time, the sky fell on La Paillade's head with Khalil Fayad pushing the ball into his own net, sealing the fate of the match in favor of the Lyonnais. An error which occurred when the 20-year-old midfielder, who came on shortly after the hour mark following Nikola Maksimovic's knee injury, had also missed a face-to-face with Lucas Perri approaching the last quarter of an hour of the meeting. Failures which marked the player trained at the MHSC. “He had his head very low and tears in his eyes,” said Jean-Louis Gasset in comments collected by the local daily. Free Midday.
Gasset: “The next shot, he will put it in”
Nevertheless, the technician tried to play down the situation, confiding that he had told his player that “it was called experience” and “that it was only those who did not play who could not miss goals like That “. Michel der Zakarian's successor on the Hérault bench also wanted to restore confidence in his player by confiding in him that “the next move, he will put her in because he is a young man who has qualities”. When returning to this action, which could have allowed Montpellier to materialize on the scoreboard the good state of mind demonstrated on the lawn of Groupama Stadium, Jean-Louis Gasset confided to having seen Khalil Fayad lose a little concentration . “He relaxed a little bit believing that it was done,” he concluded. Unfortunately, in this business, until the ball hits the net, it doesn't count. » For Montpellier, this failure was synonymous with an eighth defeat in as many trips this season in Ligue 1. A result which does not help the Hérault team to move out of 18th and last place in the ranking.
