“On aurait pu égaliser”, regrettait Jean-Louis Gasset, dimanche à Lens. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART
Suspendu et en tribunes dimanche 8 décembre, le technicien montpelliérain a regretté en conférence de presse le manque de réussite et des "détails" une nouvelle fois contre son équipe, battue à Lens (2-0).
Like in Saint-Étienne, like in Le Havre, you come out of this match beaten and frustrated. It's a bit of a never-ending story ?
Yes, it continues away from home. We may have found the formula at home by beating Brest (3-1) and holding our own against Lille (2-2). But away from home, we've lost three matches. And on top of that, we haven't scored a goal despite favourable situations.
You come out of this match with a lot of regrets ?
Of course, there are some. We see the situations we have. The defender who saves on the line or Brice Samba who makes the save at a time when we are dominant. We tell ourselves that we can equalize. Their second goal is a reflection of what is happening to us at the moment, that's it. An innocuous free kick, we deflect it and it goes in. It's the unfortunate Montpellier at the moment.
Does the action of the first goal make you angry ? Without falling into paranoia ?
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000Exactly. It's true that from my loft up there, I was at the highest point of the stadium with 3,000 steps to climb. I hope that the next coach who comes here will be placed a little lower so that he can go and do his job at half-time. By the time I came down, the match was over…
On the action of the goal ?
It doesn't change anything. At the start of the action, it seems to me that there was a foul on Nordin. Afterwards, when we let the action unfold a little more, there may be exaggeration. But hey, football is made of details. Right now, they are going against us.
When you see your men's second half, don't you regret having started the match with a cautious system ?
We haven't played a match since the start of the season without conceding a goal. When you never keep a clean sheet, you can't bring back a good result from away. That was the guiding idea. We were still playing against a very good team, a team that is powerful and that was built to play in the Champions League. We try to be strong at the back. But, from the moment you are trailing 1-0, you go back to a more attacking football. I think that in the second half, given the situations, we would have deserved to equalize. But above all, not to concede this second goal that makes it 2-0. Which gives the impression that Montpellier did not exist when Montpellier did exist. Montpellier does not look like a last in the class.
I told the players, I repeat myself. We found the solution at home. By putting the same ingredients in against Nice, next Sunday, we will finish 2024 in this championship where we will have suffered a lot.
Why did you take Arnaud Nordin off at half-time?
It's a choice. When I have Wahbi Khazri on the bench or Akor Adams recovering from injury, it was an initial choice. And when I saw Danso one-on-one on the side, I told myself that it would be difficult for him. I thought that Wahbi with his experience could disrupt him a little more. Which he did on the occasion. He dribbled well, passed back. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.
Your team isn't converting its chances. Is it this lack of confidence and success that we need to combat? ?
That's exactly it. We've played three away matches since we've been here, we haven't scored a goal. When you look at the Saint-Étienne match (1-0 defeat), we created 4-5 chances. Tonight, two or three. In football, to win, you have to score, to bring back at least one positive result. In the second half, we played “at risk”, because they got away from us several times, there was the post. We are aware of that. But when we went all out to equalize, we could have equalized.