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"I kept some leftovers": author of a splendid and unstoppable goal, MHSC defender Modibo Sagnan did everything in Toulouse

Arrivé au mercato d’hiver l’an passé, Modibo Sagnan a marqué son 4e but en L1, dimanche. Midi Libre – ALEXANDRE DIMOU

Omniprésent en défense et auteur d’un but d’attaquant, le Malien a livré un match XXL lors du succès montpelliérain à Toulouse (1-2), dimanche 26 janvier.

Coming out of the Montpellier locker room, a big guy with his head under his hood, Modibo Sagnan can be scary. On Sunday, in Toulouse, he needed nothing to inspire fear in the Toulouse team, to whom he literally did everything: bore them with defensive interventions and score a goal from somewhere else, a cocktail of a very high-level performance.

“It's rare that I find myself in this position. I'm in the box, I tell myself that it's not possible to touch me otherwise there's a penalty. So, I try what I have to do, the ball, bam, bam”, smiled the defender, in the mixed zone, once the hood was removed, to recount this quick equalizer, three minutes after the Violets' goal.

“Even in training, sometimes, I fais”

This goal, the second of his season and already his fourth in L1 since his arrival in Hérault in the winter of 2024, demonstrated the goalscoring talents of the 25-year-old player. His dribble, behind the supporting leg, then the left-footed shot that followed, air-conditioned the Stadium.

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“It comes from before, because I played up front when I was younger. I kept some leftovers. Even in training, sometimes, I do it”, said the former resident of the Lens training center, often congratulated by Jean-Louis Gasset during the sessions in front of goal, in Grammont.

With “Kiki”, they make a pair

In the North, Sagnan has mainly learned to stop those who are supposed to score. Which he did on Sunday, in his mover style. With the exception of a scare on a misunderstanding with Benjamin Lecomte (37th), the rock has won nine of his fifteen duels. A trademark shared with “Kiki” Kouyaté. His suspension served after his failed return against Angers, two weeks ago, the former Metz player had been associated in the axis with Sagnan. The reconstitution of the pair formed in the Malian selection or under Michel Der Zakarian, last season, has done damage.

“Obviously, it's easier when you know the person next to you. “Kiki”, it's been a long time since he was here. He also had a great match. It helped us and it helped me”, noted the former Utrecht player.

Gasset, who was eager to find Kouyaté, injured since October, tried to put his duo in the best conditions. The presence of Becir Omeragic as sentinel also went in this direction. “I didn't think that these were two players who could play five. So, we tried to adapt”, explained the technician, to whom the score of the two Eagles of Mali gave pledges for the future. While leaving bruises on the bodies of Toulouse.

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Teilor Stone

By Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116