Football: after its defeat in Monaco, Montpellier shows its difficulties away
Beaten Sunday, October 24 in Monaco (3-1), the MHSC once again displayed its limits outside.
Téji Savanier also says he gives voice. In Monaco, after barely scoring the 20th but of his career in L1 (14 with Montpellier), the leader climbed into the graves at the end of the game, sparking a big anger against the fourth referee.
The scene ended on a yellow card heavy with consequences. It also reflected the frustration of an MHSC being beaten by ASM and falling back without expressing its real level. Or without maintaining it, the whole problem.
On the move, Montpellier unscrews, unable for the time being to reproduce the globally consistent performances successful at home. “We must be young or not so young, we have to wake up to this and that in La Mosson or not, we have the same energy”, estimates the Hérault coach, Olivier Dall’Oglio.
Savannah hanging in Nice
Téji Savanier missed a trip to Nice, Sunday, November 7 (5 p.m.). Blame it on the warning received in Monaco for dispute, the third in less than ten matches, synonymous with suspension.
Since the start of the season, the playmaker has started all matches, except the first, against OM (2-3), due to a painful hip.
Cause or consequence of this double face, when she takes the road of her team only too rarely manages to give the necessary space to her captain, Savanier, pressed much closer and much less helped.
All of his offensive play suffers, like a Valère Germain so far never so discreet as outside. This also raises the question of the dependence on the genius of the city of Gély and the lack of other circuits.
An already chronic ignition delay
The relapse in the Principality illustrated this observation, a week after the major victory against Lens (1-0). This negative sequence after a success at home, the partners of Chotard had already repeated it twice before, in Lille (2-1) then in Troyes (1-1), without but losing without brilliance.
It is understood, Monaco is a cubic capacity of another type and ODO saw there Sunday a “inferiority complex”. But the manner and repetition also say something about the motion sickness of this bipolar MHSC, almost always forced to run after the score (four times in five trips).
“We need to have this solidity on the outside”, had claimed their coach, Friday. In 17 minutes, the Monegasques ruined the hopes of a troop not helped by the absence of Jordan Ferri, suspended, and caught up by the fragility of his defense in construction (15th in L1).
The number: 19
Montpellier has conceded 19 goals after 11 Ligue 1 games this season, its second worst total at this stage in the 21st century after the 2016-17 campaign (25, 15th overall).
“We did not know how to play as usual, we did not know how to adapt especially … To have taken these two goals very quickly, that knocked us out.”, analyzed at the microphone of Canal + Mamadou Sakho, pillar of a rearguard who hates the first periods (11 goals conceded out of 19).
Dall’Oglio and his staff had targeted this ignition delay. Volland and Ben Yedder were comforted in the need to look further. “We came the day before, will we have to make another choice in the preparation to be more awake? Certainly. There will be discussions, things that will be started”.
Locked outside for the moment, Montpellier and his coach are watching for the opening. After Nantes on Sunday at home, they go to Nice. Not the most welcoming place but a place to finally get excited, far from the Mosson. Even without Savanier.