From Le Mans, where its match against Paris FC was relocated due to the suspension of the Charléty stadium, the HAC brought back, this Monday, the point of a draw which seemed impossible to get at the break. Pitiful, lamentable, calamitous, shameful. Difficult to otherwise qualify the first half of the Hacmen.
From the outset, the people of Le Havre multiplied the errors, each grosser than the next. Gory took advantage of a gift from Boura to deceive Fofana with a cross shot from the 4th minute. The former Le Havre was back in the spotlight in the 17th, by offering the second goal to Diakité.
The paid coaching of Paul Le Guen
Never, since the beginning of the season, Lekhal and his family had shown such a distressing face. ” We had a terrible first half, bluntly recognizes coach Paul Le Guen. We could have been trailing 4 or even 5-0. It was unbearable. »
Angry, PLG made three changes at the break. Bonnet, Abdelli and Mayembo took over from A. Ba, Lekhal and Touré. The HAC was transformed. Flamboyant, breathtaking, amazing, stunning: difficult to describe his second period otherwise. On an action initiated by Abdelli, Boutaïb cut off a cross from Cornette at the near post to reduce the gap (2-1, 60th). And four minutes later, Alioui equalized by volleying a cross from Abdelli (2-2, 64th).
There was only one team on the field. A free kick from Cornette about thirty meters passed close to the post. “ We really pushed our opponents and we could even have benefited from a penalty, believes Le Guen. It was a very strange match, difficult to analyse. There were a lot of emotions, it’s very surprising. And in the end, there is a disappointment not to take the three points. »
We still had tap dancing at the start of the match. Pierre Gibaud
” The feelings are shared, adds defender Pierre Gibaud. It’s good to have reacted, but it’s also sometimes good to be in trouble, because it proves that you really can’t relax. We will have to be lucid and question ourselves, because in the first halves like that, that must not happen. Let’s stay alert, because we still had tap dancing at the start of the match. Racing behind the leading peloton is difficult, but we won’t give up. »
At the end of this 21st day, the HAC occupies the 6th place before receiving Rodez next Saturday at the Stade Océane