Rennes – MHSC: “To save ourselves, we have to win matches,” says Michel Der Zakarian, aware of the club’s difficult situation

Michel Der Zakarian voulait quand même retenir les bonnes choses de son équipe.

The Montpellier coach did not want to hide behind the absences to explain the defeat in Rennes (3-0). Even if he knows that the solution will involve more defensive rigor from all the players.

Michel Der Zakarian (Montpellier coach):“There is always better to do. Afterwards, we make do with the strengths we have today, that's all. I saw some good things too, there weren't only bad things. Afterwards, it's football. You have to be in the right place, be even more disciplined, be even more aggressive in winning the ball and using it too.

We did some good things, but afterward, we have to bring everyone into the goal. We knew how to create imbalances to make crosses. Afterwards, there was a lack of precision finally.

Omeragic had a family problem at the last moment. I don't want to go into the details.

The bad thing is above all defensive. It's a collective and everyone has a role to play on the pitch, how they defend, how they attack. In fact, it's the same thing. As I said, I'm not negative. There were some good things. Afterwards, we have to stay united. We have to persevere, we have to take points against Auxerre, next week. All the matches are important, we have to pick up points. To save ourselves, we have to win matches.

Dzodic played some preparation matches afterwards. He played a decent match. Apart from the duel he lost on the 2nd goal where he was a bit far away at the start. He arrived late. “

Julien Stéphan (Rennes coach): “Perfection, you shouldn't look for it because it doesn't exist. On the other hand, you can try to improve from one outing to the next, that's for sure. That's what we'll have to do. “We took the match by the right end, we started things off well. We managed to take the score quite quickly in the match, and even double the score.

From the moment you are ahead in the score, you are at home, management is still better. At the end of the first half, we were not great, we fell back a little too much at the end of the first half. Then, the third goal in this kind of match, it is also decisive to finalize the score and take a certain advantage or revive the opponent. It was us who scored it, so afterwards, it allowed us to control things."