MHSC – Nice: “The players have to want to excel”, “at La Mosson, we have this state of mind”, assures Jean-Louis Gasset

Jean-Louis Gasset thinks his players will surpass themselves against Nice. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

The Montpellier coach hopes his team will pick up the three points, Sunday, December 15, at 3 p.m., at La Mosson, to be on target for the maintenance operation.

The squad: Nzingoula back, Maksimovic is doing better, Fayad and Issoufou in reserve, Maamma will return in 2025

Despite the suspension (Coulibaly) and the injuries (Touré, Maamma, Jullen, Kouyaté), the Montpellier group is growing day by day. Gradually, the infirmary empties since only Christopher Jullien and Kiki Kouyaté remain, who are injured for a long time, but also Othmane Maamma… The young winger, who is suffering from muscular problems “has a separate program, we won't see him again in 2024”, explained Jean-Louis Gasset.

The Montpellier coach does not want to take any risks of a relapse and so Khalil Fayad and Yanis Issoufou will go play with the reserves this weekend. “I met them this morning to explain to them that to be a professional you had to play 40 matches a year. And that in 6 months there was one who had played 1 match and the other 0. So it wasn't a punishment but it was happening there.”In the same vein, Birama Touré, who trained on Friday, will be “operational” next week.

The other midfield recruit Rabby Nzingoula has served his suspension match and is applying for a place in the middle in a very well-stocked sector. There could be adjustments in the transfer window…

DNCG and transfer window: arrivals if there are departures

We cannot say that Jean-Louis Gasset was surprised by the DNCG's decision not to sanction the MHSC. “Olivier and Laurent (Nicollin) have given assurances and guarantees. “If there is a departure, there will be an arrival, depending on the position, because there are some where we are provided. I repeat, anything can happen”, commented the MHSC coach.

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Who, a little later, assures that there will be “movements. We need to find a balance. A balance between people who are getting back on their feet and people who are concerned. There may be people, in the last week, who will maybe have your head somewhere else because there will be noise, contacts, I don't know anything. We'll do it step by step.”

At La Mosson, the reference matches

Struggling away from home, Montpellier has become difficult to play at home again, as Jean-Louis Gasset wanted. “We played three home games, against the two Europeans, we took four points. But those days, we put in a little more. We found La Mosson, I said so. We couldn't let the opponent come and get us like that so easily. We had to find a state of mind, we had to find a crowd. But we had to bring this crowd with us. A state of mind that we'll have to have against Nice, and then for the rest of the season.

The players have to want to surpass themselves. And I have the feeling that at La Mosson, we're in that state of mind.”

Nice, an important match

After the success against Brest (3-1) then the draw against Lille (2-2), the MHSC welcomes another European club Nice in difficulty in the Europa League. “They are sixth and they have 23 points. So if it's a problem for them, I would like to have them, these problems”, Jean-Louis Gasset joked. Who nevertheless hopes to win against the Niçois. “If we take three points, we will have made seven points in seven matches. And when I told you, we have to limit the damage until the break, we will have taken one point per match. One point per match, we save ourselves.”