At the end of the draw (1-1) against Fleury, Montpellier coach Jean-Louis Saez delivers his impressions to journalists and talks about his current group where young people are gaining play time.


"We take a goal is not a lot, but at the same time at this time we take one each game so behind, [it] must score two or three [to win]. What I regret is maybe the last half hour when even having put a lot of attackers we were not more dangerous.


A disappointing result for you?

Yes, we had come to win. We leave with a draw. We lose two points to get closer to Paris so here we will see more. It's a shame we started the game well and if we had managed to put this second goal it would have allowed us to continue our momentum with a game more possession. After the equalizer I would say we have rather changed to try to put a little more speed in the game but we failed to find our attackers.


It lacked verticality a bit ..

Yes, we have a little more control in the matches of the coup we use a lot of passing and we forget to go forward. As much as last week we had a lot of focus and punch, so much has been prepared. So at 2-0 it would have allowed us to hold the ball but at 1-1 with [on the face] a defensive block well regrouped we did not manage to get around this team, and win the duels that were needed in the surface to repair.


This Fleury team is still in net progress, you think it will continue?

It's a team that showed a beautiful face. As soon as we dropped a little intensity late in the game, we felt that in circulation, [Fleury] had some interesting things. Anyway now the matches are tight. We can not say that there are small teams [in D1], all the teams are organized. Afterwards, I focus mainly on my team. I regret that we did not put the second goal for can be fold this game there.


You have changed tactics several times, but on the contrary you do not think that you are a little fallen in the game of Fleury?

(He hesitates) Yes. Having a lot of attackers gives me solutions. With Sofia [Jakobsson], Valérie [Gauvin] and Clarisse [Le Bihan] I tried to bring some freshness offensively. After that, right now there are not many people in the defensive sector and we would have thought we would have made the difference offensively, but there was always something, often offside, that made that it was not enough. We could not create more dangerous situations than that.


What did you miss?

In the first half I would say that it's mostly the game forward. We tried to work on the possession and suddenly we fell asleep at 1-0. And then on the first against we got equalized and after we did not know whether to keep [the ball] or go a little further forward. And when we wanted to rush forward we found few gaps. Then at times, we made the calls of balls too quickly, it lacked synchronization with the passer so we were offside, even if I do not think there are all. But it's going so fast that at times it's difficult for the linesman.


You are missing players too, Toletti, Deker ...

Yes, (he continues) Virginia Torrecilla also who had to leave for family reasons. After we do with. There are young people playing, Morgane Nicoli, Manon Uffren. I think we had [on the field] five players in 1996 and two in 1997. Maybe we are less strong and the opponent feels a little.


Do you care a bit about the Champions League?

No, this is the championship. Although I think the favorites are Lyon and Paris. We had until now our destiny in our hands, to hope something in the league. Now it may be a bit more complicated. Even if Paris drew a draw against Soyaux, and we now against Fleury. There are still some matches we will see.

We knew that January and February were going to be complicated with injuries in the defensive sector, even if we do not hide behind that. Especially that it allows to give young people play time. Zoe Muller was injured in the warm up, it was still a possibility less in the defensive sector. We will have to make sure that within two weeks, three weeks, everyone will come back and be at 100%.