The defense of the MHSC took water at the end of the match against OM.

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  • Montpellier lost 3-1 Wednesday night at the Stade Vélodrome against Olympique de Marseille.

  • The DNA of the Montpellier team, the defense was nevertheless feverish, conceding three goals.

  • The MHSC is in bad shape with this new defeat, and falls to 9th place in the standings.

At the Velodrome stadium,

Montpellier in search of its trademark.

The MHSC lost 3-1 Wednesday night against Olympique de Marseille for the 18th day of Ligue 1, and fell 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 was before the game.

Largely dominated throughout the first period, the Montpellier managed to equalize the return of the locker room thanks to a cross strike from Florent Mollet (52nd).

A very contentious goal since Andy Delort, in an offside position, seemed to be playing action by letting the ball pass for the former Messin.

"The regret of not having held to 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 of it.

Entered seven minutes earlier, Dimitri Payet had fun after pressing Kamara, before deceiving Omlin on a low shot (80th).

What to condemn Montpellier and an outdated defense, as on the third goal scored by Germain, who had also just entered the lawn (84th).

We attack like Liverpool, we defend like FC Metz ... Sad reality ... 😭 #OMMHSC

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“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.

Plus the profile of some players who are more attracted to attack than 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 start to the year that looks like the end of 2020 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 (9 p.m.).

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