MHSC – PSG: “It's up to us to have a big match”, “Everyone manages as they want”, the best of the conference by Michel Der Zakarian

Pour Michel Der Zakarian, son équipe devra jouer les bons coups pour battre Paris. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

The Montpellier coach was at a press conference before the Patis match, Sunday March 17, at 8:45 p.m., and gave the tactical keys to the match. 

The group: Chotard and Hefti forfeit, Tamari uncertain

"Mousa Tamari did not go out this morning, he is suffering from the beginnings of angina. Nordin trained normally. Chotard and Hefti are not in the group. We hope that Joris will not go to the selection, we would like to make him work so that he is there for Le Havre. In the selection, they were not aware that he was injured, although we had communicated, he was out in Nice at half-time."

Paris "concedes chances in all matches"

"There are three draws in the league, which means that teams have managed to hang on to them more easily than in previous years. It's up to us to have a big match to pick up points. 

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There are teams who have gone very high but you have to have the physical and tactical ability to do it for a whole match. It's complicated because to press high, you have to have powerful players who have legs in the middle, behind. It takes a very athletic team to do it for a whole match, it's not given to everyone. When you get the ball, you have to be able to keep it, move, move around, make good passes. If you lose the ball straight away, you are still in danger. We will have to have sequences where we are able to push them but also to curl up in defense together. Every match, they concede chances, it's up to us to execute these phases well.

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They often have the ball and control, they do less conservation than at the start of the season when they were going slower. Today, they have three rockets in front when they replace them it goes very quickly too, they play on transitions too, they make you run and then they accelerate."

The management of Mbappé: "We'll see if he will play and in what position"

"I'm not going to criticize a coach, everyone manages the way they want. We have to come to our place, he doesn' Only those who have coached know what it feels like. We will see who will be lined up, if he will play, in what position, who will play up front, the big team or not. Behind, there are holidays, others are going to selection." 

Khazri "must decide by goal or pass"

"Wahbi Khazri took advantage of Akor's poor form. Technically, he is able to combine well with midfielders. What I expect from him is that he is more in the box, in a position to score like the other offensive players, he must be decisive with the goal or the pass. This is what we expect from these players, it was in Nice since he provoked the penalty, he made good moves, put in good balloons."