Montpellier lost 3-1 Wednesday night at the stadium Velodrome against Olympique de Marseille.
DNA of the Montpellier team, the defense was nevertheless feverish conceding three goals.
The MHSC is in a bad way with this new defeat, and falls to 9th place in the standings.
At the Velodrome stadium,
Montpellier in search of its trademark. The MHSC s ‘is inclined 3-1 Wednesday night against Olympique de Marseille for the 18 th day of
Ligue 1, and fall in the middle of the table. A logical defeat for deputy Pascal Baills, present at a press conference after the suspension of Der Zakarian. “They’ve had more situations than us. I think that in this match, Marseille deserves to win ”, he conceded while recalling that being“ at the same level as OM in the standings is already good ”. Except that that was before the match.
Largely dominated throughout the first period, the Montpellier managed to level the return from the locker room thanks to a cross strike from Florent Mollet (47 e). A very contentious goal since Andy Delort, in an offside position, seemed to be playing a game by letting the ball pass for the former Messin.
“The regret not to to hold out until the end ”
The MHSC players continued to push, at the same time as OM retreated, and they could have taken the advantage on one or two occasions. But by pushing, the defense, the DNA of Montpellier, found itself too lonely and the Marseillais took advantage. Entered seven minutes earlier, Dimitri Payet had fun after pressing Kamara, before deceiving Omlin on a low strike (60 e). What to condemn Montpellier and an outdated defense, as on the third goal scored by Germain, who had also just entered the lawn (83 e).
We attack like Liverpool, we defend like the FC Metz … Sad reality … 😭 # OMMHSC
– 100% MHSC (@ 100 MHSC) January 6 , 2021
“The only regret we can have is not having held on to the end. We have been taking a lot of goals for quite some time, we take three more tonight. We’ll have to think about how to improve that, but I don’t think it’s a device problem. More the profile of certain players who are more attracted by the attack than the defense ”, wondered Pascal Baills.
“Attack as a team, and defend as a team”
“We collapsed in the last quarter of an hour and it’s annoying to start with zero points. I don’t think it’s a question of the system, we have to do more individually. We left a lot of energy to attack and it was difficult to come back. We must attack as a team, and defend as a team, ”Daniel Congré recalled after the match.
A beginning of the year that looks like the end 1303 for the MHSC with this new disillusion, the second in a row after a draw, and another defeat. With these poor results, the Montpellier fell to 9th place, tied on point with Lens. “We must remain united to get out of this bad patch, but we have a game this weekend to revive,” warned Daniel Congré. They will meet Raymond Domenech’s FC Nantes on Saturday in Montpellier (20 hours).