Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Saturday January 18, 2025 at 10:40 a.m.
Surprisingly, Monaco lost again, in Montpellier (1-2). Adi Hütter nevertheless remains combative, determined to raise his head in a delicate situation.
Nothing is going right at AS Monaco anymore. For almost two months, there have been setbacks in all competitions and the Principality club has not won in Ligue 1 since December 7 (2-0 against Toulouse). Beaten twice by PSG – in the championship and in the Champions Trophy – and eliminated Tuesday by Reims in the Coupe de France, the Principality club, hanging a week ago in Nantes (2-2), fell to surprise general (1-2) in Montpellier, the red lantern, Friday, led by Benjamin Lecomte, passed through Monaco. It's starting to feel a lot… For the third time in a month and a half, ASM lost a championship match after leading by the score.
-Hütter: “My motivation will not drop and I want to continue to help the team”
“In the first half, yes, we were there. We had opportunities to score more goals, but we missed them. Afterwards, how can we explain an individual error like this? What happened is a big disappointment for all of us, it’s heavy, it’s hard,” noted Adi Hütter, referring to the error of Ouattara who did not ensure his transmission back to Radoslaw sufficiently well. Majecki in the 55th minute, which Mousa Al-Tamari took advantage of. The situation is complicated for the Principality club which was ejected from the podium by Lille, overthrowing Nice (2-1), on Friday evening. But Hütter, who recently extended his contract, remains combative. “My motivation will not drop and I want to continue to help the team. How can we help our players right now? I have sometimes experienced this situation in the past and it is nonsense to want to punish players, it is a young team. »
“It’s a difficult phase and I’m not the type of coach to want to abandon them. I am the coach, I am primarily responsible. We have to be positive even if it is difficult for everyone,” continues the Austrian technician, always as fair-playing and smiling despite the contrary elements. All eyes are now on the Champions League match against Aston Villa. “Tuesday will be a totally different game, it's the Champions League at home, but I don't think the team already had Aston Villa in mind. »
