Red lantern in Ligue 1 with 16 defeats in the last 18 matches, Angers has achieved the feat of making more people talk about him outside the field.
As revealed by the daily newspapers
L'Équipe
and
Ouest-France
, the SCO coach, Abdel Bouhazama, made himself the author of a chat, to say the least, in the locker room, before the heavy defeat in Montpellier. last Sunday (5-0).
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A few hours before the match in Hérault, Bouhazama, 54, would have held a “
manly
” speech, relates various witnesses quoted by
L’Équipe
.
To the point of defending his choice to have established Ilyes Chetti, 28-year-old left-back.
Female employees from Angers present
A choice that could be questioned in the locker room, because Chetti is accused of sexual assault on a woman in an Angevin nightclub.
CCTV footage was reportedly seen by most of his teammates, and the ex-Algerian international admitted the facts.
He must soon appear before the court of Angers.
Ilyes Chetti (right) was in great difficulty against Montpellier this Sunday, March 5, 2023. Norbert Scanella / PANORAMIC
Bouhazama would have gone very, surely too far in his defense of Chetti.
"
He said, 'It's not mean, we've all touched girls before.'
We were all shocked, without reaction to such a thing
, ”shares a witness to
L’Équipe
.
SCO employees were present at the time of the talk.
"Who hasn't made a mistake like Ilyes?" retorts Bouhazama
Contacted by
L'Équipe
, Bouhazama admitted having made these inappropriate remarks.
“
But when you take it out of context … I also say that what was done by the player is not good,
replied Bouhazama.
I also say that we have all made mistakes or stupid things, who hasn't made mistakes like Ilyes?
So.
»
Last October, Bouhazama, then director of the Angers training center, was the subject of an investigation by
Ouest-France
, where his management was denounced and sometimes deemed "
humiliating
".
Since February 2020, the president and owner of the SCO, Saïd Chabane, has been accused of sexual harassment by several of his employees.
Last December, the Angers prosecutor's office requested a trial before the criminal court in June 2023 for these facts.
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