MHSC: Find a bench to avoid the Burgundy ban, next Sunday, against Auxerre

Fayad, Coulibaly, Nzingoula et le MHSC ont été balayés par le réalisme de Gronbaek et de Rennes. MAXPPP – Vincent MICHEL

Lanterne rouge, Montpelliercne décolle pas alors que les Auxerrois, premier non relégables, sont attendu à La Mosson.

The word crisis was not uttered by Michel Der Zakarian but Montpellier is in the thick of it after the defeat in Rennes (3-0), conceded on Sunday. The third in four matches which condemns the Héraultais to the last place in the standings. The Pailladins and their coach would have plenty of excuses to put forward given the injuries affecting the squad between the thighs of Sylla, Sainte-Luce, Maamma; the knees of Jullien, Mincarelli and Guéguin, the ankle of Tamari and the calf of Chotard. And as if that were not enough, a family problem affected the Swiss Omeragic preventing him from making the trip to Brittany. In short, we must quickly find the black cat that is prowling Grammont and get rid of it.

However, Michel Der Zakarian does not want to hear about bad luck. “That's football. There are other clubs that also have problems.” The MHSC coach prefers to talk about the pitch and his team's shortcomings. “The problem is primarily defensive, the technician insists. It's a collective and everyone has a role to play on the pitch, how they defend, how they attack. You have to be in the right place, be even more disciplined, be even more aggressive in winning the ball and using it too."

Not a turning point of the season according to Der Zak

So many projects that will have to be sorted out this week before Auxerre arrives, for what already looks like a six-point match since Auxerre are the first to be relegated, three lengths ahead of Montpellier. But here again, Der Zak refuses to point to a turning point in the season. “All matches are important, you have to pick up points. To save yourself, you have to win matches." Which could have been the case in Rennes because the Bretons were not brilliant but efficient.

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MHSC would certainly sign for the same performance and a victory next Sunday. "We have to persevere. We will have to take points against Auxerre", the coach finally conceded. Who will be able, if all goes well, to recover injured players since Kouyaté, Sylla, Mincarelli and Guéguin were on the pitch last Friday, in the re-athleticization phase. Becir Omeragic could also be there.

The Montpellier players will thus be able to present a real bench and hope that we do not hear the traditional anthem of the Burgundy bench at the end of the match.

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