Ligue 1: “Nothing has been done yet, there are thirteen matches left”, “if they are not happy, it’s the same”, reactions after MHSC’s defeat against Lyon

The Montpellier coach regretted the lack of efficiency of his team. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

MHSC coach Michel Der Zakarian deplored the lack of effectiveness of his attack after the frustrating defeat conceded (1-2) Sunday February 11 at La Mosson in front of Lyon, in a duel of poorly ranked, during the 21st day.

Michel Der Zakarian, MHSC coach: "When you lose, you always feel disappointed. We had a good match. Except for our start to the match, where we lost the ball too quickly. When we had technical accuracy, we managed a good end to the first period. We score the goal. Then, we have situations to put the 2-0.

We have the opportunities after the break to make it 2-0 and we don't score. This is the current problem. It's been more than ten matches, where we have struggled to take the chances we create. And, behind it, we get punished. If we score a second goal, the match is over. Mentally, that would have hurt Lyon. I don't think it would have come back to 2-2. But, he won 2-1.

We didn't break down physically, but we're not smart. Before taking the first goal, right in front of me, we have to make a mistake. We have to stop the game, sometimes you have to know how to be smart. We don't know how to make intelligent mistakes. The players have demonstrated that we are capable of doing good things, but we need to regain the offensive efficiency that we had at the start of the season. When you don't score, you get punished.

Akor Adams is disappointed, it is normal that he is disappointed. That's how it is. We must raise our heads, we must give him back his confidence, he must shake the nets again.

I didn't see the banner (of the supporters). I continue to say that they made us lose three points (Clermont match at the beginning of October). That's the reality, It's a person, but it's a person in their group. If they're not happy, it's the same.

We haven't won many matches at home, that's for sure. It's football. We are in a bad situation, we need to raise our heads. Nothing has been done yet, there are thirteen matches left. We're getting people back, we're going to get Al Tamari back too. We have to rediscover the taste for scoring goals.

Group made for maintenance ? We did it last year. We were in the same position. I arrived on February 8. We succeeded in the challenge. We have 13 matches left. It's very tight. You have to find resources to win matches and score goals. You have to kill your opponent. We must be more efficient in front and behind.

Nordin ? I was told it had a battery life of half an hour. I took the risk of playing for an hour. he had a very good match. He scored, he held the ball. I expect all the players to have the same performance as him. We had a good match. Everyone fought well, no one gave up.

Pierre Sage, Lyon coach: "We are not happy with our match. We find ourselves in a strange situation. Collective values ​​had to emerge to give hope. We did an interesting thing. When we equalized, we continued to attack. We have several balls to make the 2-1, or the 3-1.

Our match really needs to be questioned. We have no rhythm, we have few intentions. We managed the first period poorly at the tactical level. We didn't use the width, we didn't attack the depth. We opened up to Montpellier who plays very well forward.

When we were behind, we didn't come back that far. This is the first time that a result has been reversed to win. But the style score really doesn't match the result. The fact that the players were mobilized meant that other values ​​emerged at the end of the match.

We can't sabotage ourselves like that in the first half. We had little juice. This may raise questions about our rotations. We lacked intensity. We approached the third match less well, which was the most important for us."