A short defeat for Clermont Foot this Sunday: one goal was enough for Olympique de Marseille to leave with three points (0-1) from the Gabriel Montpied stadium, where the two teams faced each other at the end of the 12th day of Ligue 1. An event match, a record attendance with more than 12,200 people in the stadium … and the rain which was invited for a good part of the match. Not sharp enough, Clermont bowed on a single goal from the untenable Ünder in the 25th minute and made treading water in the standings, in 15th place, just one point ahead of Bordeaux.
We are sorely lacking in efficiency – Jason Berthomier
Clermont Foot was not unworthy against OM. The game was rather balanced but it was Marseille who managed to materialize when the Auvergnats did not show themselves capable of bringing danger to the opposing surface. And they regretted it at the end of the match. “We live the championship, we don’t just want to perform well against the good teams, we have to win and take points “ says Jason Berthomier. “I think we played a pretty consistent game but we are sorely lacking in efficiency.”
Jim Allevinah, who had the best opportunity in Clermont but stumbled on the goalkeeper, admitted that the attacking players had not always made the right choices. “We missed being more of a killer. We had the opportunities, we played badly. We learn. Maybe we lacked calm during the recovery, we lost a lot of balls “ adds the winger. The attack had to be done without Mohamed Bayo in the first period: the attacker started on the bench. “A semi-sanction“Said coach Pascal Gastien. Arrested a week earlier after a drunken traffic accident, Mohamed Bayo paid for this extra-sporting affair … and did not necessarily have his head on the field.”It made him tired. I killed two birds with one stone“concludes Pascal Gastien.
What you have to say to yourself is that we are on the right path – Pierre-Yves Hamel
Returning in the second half, Mohamed Bayo was no more successful than Pierre-Yves Hamel, who started the match. Bayo’s usual lining center-forward still wanted to retain the positive. “What you have to say to yourself is that we are on the right track to take points in this Ligue 1, that we continue to grow and look for things so that these matches, in the weeks who come, go the right way for us. “ With maintenance competitors pushing behind, Clermont will have to go in the right direction in the next match: a red lantern field trip Saint Etienne.