“Interest and consideration”, the Montpellier futsal club relaunches its women's section

The Montpellier team during the tournament in Perpignan. MMF

In the regional final of the National Cup, the MMF receives Toulouse, Saturday (5:30 p.m.) at the Palais des sports Coubertin in Montpellier.

On Monday early evening, the Montpellier Méditerranée Futsal players met at the Palais des sports Pierre-de-Coubertin with their coach Karim Bouguermouh. On the program, a video analysis of the next opponent and a training session on the floor of the Montpellier hall.

Revamped last fall, the MMF women's team, not yet involved in the championship, is moving towards the main objective of its first season: qualifying for the National Cup by winning the regional final.

In this context, Montpellier faces, Saturday (5:30 p.m.) at Coubertin before the D1 men's match MMF-Nantes (9 p.m.), AS Toulouse Futsal which includes in its ranks the player of the Bleues Laure Boissinot.

Captain Marion Grebille and her teammates are preparing especially to take on this challenge. During the qualifying tournament in Perpignan, they won three out of four matches to secure their ticket to the final: “It was a bit like a first even though we are starting to know each other,” explains the player who plays 11-a-side football at ASPTT Montpellier with several of her MMF teammates. We managed to develop some automatisms. We are learning while keeping our competitive spirit.”

Marion Grebille: “The family side”

Whatever the result on Saturday, the project to develop a women's section at the MMF has been launched and the keys to the truck have been given by President Ali Arab to Karim Bouguermouh, former coach and manager at AS Lattes. “We're starting with the seniors and we want to create categories for the young in the short and medium term,” emphasizes the new sports manager. “There's everything to do and it's very interesting.”

For Marion Grebille, who has just arrived in Hérault after playing football and futsal in Dijon, the project is captivating: “From the start, I found the values ​​I love, the family side. We feel interest and consideration from the club members. The men's team coach, Mohamed Nezlioui, came to lead sessions, we train and play in the same place as the boys…”

While waiting for the Occitanie League's response to create a championship with teams from the former Languedoc in the second half of the season, the MMF can mark the start of its new story by a qualification in the National Cup.