He carefully observes the training of his goalkeepers, takes a look in the weight room a few meters away, the Booba in the background. Habib Beye is already at home at the Red star. Officially appointed coach on October 20, the former Senegalese international defender has taken on his new duties, even if he still has to validate his professional football coach certificate (BEPF) at the end of the season.
After having animated a video session earlier in the morning, he delegates to his assistants, while remaining in contact with his group. “The players must have the impression that the coach is passing. When you are not leading the session, you should not be disconnected from the group even if I have complete confidence in my staff“, decrypts Beye at the microphone of France Bleu Paris, who supervised the training of the goalkeepers led by the historic Audonian coach Faouzi Amzal.”It is important to keep this connection, to go to the goalkeepers for example when the other players are in the weight room. The kicking game is also an important element for us, so it’s normal to go and see them 4-5 minutes on the pitch“.
His role as a consultant gives him more “legitimacy in the locker room”
Habib Beye was able to sharpen his gaze on television. The general public knows him above all as a star consultant for Canal Plus. Ligue 1, Champions League, it has now been several seasons that he delivers his analyzes. Now on the other side of the field, the former OM player is benefiting from this experience, from this experience. Two additional functions according to defender Stéphane Sparagna: “We talked about it with the guys in the locker room and it’s sure that having a coach like Habib Beye, with the career as a player and as a consultant, that brings a certain legitimacy to the speech.
A legitimacy and experience for Habib Beye who has played more than 400 professional matches with Strasbourg, Olympique de Marseille or Newcastle. This allows him to calmly approach the shock against Monaco in the 32nd final. “This meeting does not change anything for us, we kept the same seriousness, I just told my players that it was their adventure. Some of the squad have never seen me play, it’s no use talking about me, it’s their human adventure, they will only remember that of the Coupe de France“, tempers the former full-back.
Je don’t want this Monaco game to be just a party. It is a football match that must be won, it is part of the stages of our season and corresponds to the history of the club – Habib Beye
Conquered supporters, a changing club
A conquering speech that pleases the supporters of the Red Star. “Jhe listened to him, he has ambition, that’s good, the club needs it. I am very enthusiastic“, greets Nabil. Same story at the Olympic, the bar next to the Bauer stadium.”It’s a new start for us, for the whole city of Saint-Ouen, for all the supporters from here and elsewhere “, analysis Yassine, employees of the bistro. “Beye has just arrived, he needs a little time to adapt, this is his first season in a number 1 role, there he has all the responsibilities, the results are quite good, for the moment it is happening well, we hope that he will stay a long time and that he will do a good job (smiles) “
Its beginnings are indeed encouraging. the Red Star is twelfth in the National championship and remains on two straight victories. A Red Star in full change, its training center in Marville in Saint-Denis has been modernized, its legendary Bauer stadium is in full renovation, the work must also be completed by 2024. So, certainly AS Monaco , it’s a big chunk, two divisions and millions of euros of budget separate the two teams, but the Red star, five-time winner of the Coupe de France, intends to build on this new momentum to reconnect with his glorious pass.