The day after the elimination of Montpellier in Kiel as the MHB approached this second Champions League final with a lead of nine goals obtained in the first leg, Patrice Canayer, the coach of Montpellier, ‘ felt that his team was not up to the mental event in the first place.
Overthrown by Kiel at the gates of the Final Four after winning the first leg by nine goals, Montpellier experienced one of the biggest disappointments in the club’s history on Thursday night in Germany. And while the THW and its rabid supporters were overjoyed at the end of this seasonal comeback, Patrice Canayer, like all his players, probably had a lot of trouble getting to sleep.
The Montpellier coach, who unknowingly played his last European match on the MHB bench, was able to take the opportunity to reflect on this nightmare situation for his team, swept away for an hour with the local storm, at a loss of defense but also in great difficulty in front of the opposing cage, with only 21 goals scored over the whole of this terrible evening and long periods without being able to blame to find
For Canayer, this wreck is above all the result of the mental failure of his men. “At some point, it’s the head that moves the body forward. And we were too weak in our heads,” lamenting inside The team a native of Nîmes, he arrived in Hérault in 1994 thanks to his team’s few goals on Thursday but also to the very low number of attempts.
Canayer: “We played with fear”
“To score, you have to shoot. When your guards refuse shots, it’s difficult, and when they take them, they’re wet squibs. » For the manager who will definitively turn the page in Montpellier once this season is over, the current MHB staff have also paid for their lack of experience. “Our team is too young to go further in the Champions League. We don’t have enough experienced players who are familiar with this type of situation. »And this is also what explains the “fear”, another reason put forward by Canayer after this great fiasco against Kiel.
“We didn’t lack understanding in the transition game, we played with fear.” Nevertheless, his team learned a lot from this approach, assuring that person. “We were too weak for the win that game, but we could have deserved it (…) It’s a learning experience for this team.” Even if he doesn’t care anymore, Canayer would have done without him though
2024-05-03 17:54:47
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