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Florent Mollet, hero of the evening
Tenured in 10 in the absence of the local star, Teji Savanier, suspended, Florent Mollet took up his responsibilities this Sunday, in Nice (0-1).
The Montpellier midfielder was the hero of his team by scoring the only goal of the game in the last moments (80th), his 4th achievement of the season.
If all was not perfect for him (he was not successful on his set pieces), this saving goal allowed the MHSC to leave the Allianz Riviera with the three points, and it is well the essential.
LiveMontpellier pinches Aiglons to the ground
The Montpellier block held
The Montpellier wanted to reassure themselves after their last performances, he could not ask for better. If Olivier Dall'Oglio is rather renowned for his attractive and offensive style of play, the MHSC coach has been able to put principles aside to upset the Niçois. This Sunday, we still found the dry cleaning at times, its trademark, but far too few opportunities. Whatever, the former coach of Brest made the choice to leave the ball to the Aiglons most of the time, and it paid off. His team played with their backs for most of the game. The central axis made up of the experienced Mamadou Sakho (31 years old) and the young Maxime Estève (19 years old) was reassuring. They perfectly contained the Nice offensives.
The omnipresence of Thuram
Preferred to the usual holder Pablo Rosario, Khéphren Thuram gave Christophe Galtier the confidence he had placed in him.
The defensive midfielder of OGC Nice was Nice's main satisfaction of the match.
He recovered an incalculable number of balls which he often improved.
He is the player who has covered the most kilometers in the whole game.
In defense as in attack, it's very simple, he was absolutely everywhere.
Author of a full match, he was at the end of himself and was not released by his coach until the 90th minute to bring in Calvin Stengs who was making his comeback.
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Nice inefficiency
OGC Nice had a relatively complicated match. Very badly entered in the meeting, the Niçois did not use the usual ingredients to win. In the first 45 minutes of the match, we didn't really recognize Nice, third in the Ligue 1 standings. Unusual technical errors, few chances ... Christophe Galtier's team was particularly disappointing and offered a sad spectacle to his kop, back after the incidents that occurred during the Nice-Marseille match. Blame it on a well-organized Montpellier team for want of being dangerous. The forwards of OGC Nice were particularly imprecise and broke their teeth on the Montpellier block. There was better in the second half on the Nice side, but it was not enough. By pushing to score,the Aiglons were punished at the end of the match by Mollet (80th) on one of the only occasions in Montpellier.
Delort's Missed Reunion
This is what you might call a missed opportunity.
For his reunion with the MHSC, Andy Delort has been particularly transparent.
Undoubtedly inhibited by the stake, the former darling of La Paillade absolutely did not weigh in the meeting.
Well muzzled by the Montpellier rearguard, he was very difficult to find for his partners.
His duet with Amine Gouiri, usually so effective, did not work.
The Algerian international will still have stuck a slight thrill on an acrobatic return (77th), but his attempt, which seemed to hit the target, was deflected at the last moment.
A match for him to forget.
