The Strasbourg Racing Club showed great mental strength. Trailing 2-0, the Alsatian club snatched a point from the draw against Montpellier during the fifth day of Ligue 1. At the end of the match, Patrick Vieira reacted to the two faces shown by his players during this meeting .
“We had a very good first half, we could have scored more, I think. In the second half, under the storm, we had the ball 3-0 with Wahbi (Khazri) rushing. Afterwards, the storm lasted the entire second half, we exploded. We had control of the ball in the first half in our choices, in our counterattacks. Afterwards, there was nothing left. We were being pierced. In the middle – time, I told my players to continue playing, to make them run, to win the duels but we did quite the opposite. We are not going to throw everything away but we have to win the match. We could even have “Losing 3-2 is what makes me angry,” the 1998 world champion told the press.
Sunday September 24 at 3 p.m., the Racing Club de Strasbourg will take to the pitch at FC Metz for the sixth day of Ligue 1.
“We exploded in the second half”
Despite two goals in advance, Montpellier conceded the draw to Strasbourg. At the end of the meeting, the coach of the Paillade club Michel Der Zakarian regretted a disappointing appearance in the second half.
“We had a very good first half, we could have scored more, I think. In the second half, under the storm, we had the ball 3-0 with Wahbi (Khazri) rushing. Afterwards, the storm lasted the entire second half, we exploded. We had control of the ball in the first half in our choices, in our counterattacks. Afterwards, there was nothing left. We were being pierced. In the middle – time, I told my players to continue playing, to make them run, to win the duels but we did quite the opposite. We are not going to throw everything away but we have to win the match. We could even have losing 3-2 is what makes me angry, he told the press.
Sunday September 24 at 5:05 p.m., Montpellier will host Stade Rennais for the sixth day of Ligue 1.
To sum up
At the end of a spectacular match, there was no winner between Strasbourg and Montpellier during the fifth day of Ligue 1 (2-2). Discover the reaction of the two coaches: Patrick Vieira (RCSA) and Michel Der Zakarian (MHSC).
2023-09-18 04:47:05
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