It’s the end of a long black series. By overcoming a weak Nancy team, this Saturday at the Stade Océane, the HAC stopped the bleeding after six games in a row without a win (3 losses and 3 draws). This is his first success in 2022, the first also at home since… October 23.
“It’s a relief, it’s the victory we really neededappreciates coach Paul Le Guen. Maybe not the match, as a whole, that we needed, though. We really wanted to return to things more in line with what we had done during the first part of the season.“
After the two slaps inflicted by Bastia (2-4) and Toulouse (4-0), the people of Le Havre were therefore reassured, and that is the main thing. Their first period was encouraging, and even seductive at times. “I’m very happy with the first half. There were a lot of beautiful moves, a lot of sequences”adds the Le Havre coach.
I feel like I fit in well. Matthis Abline
The Ciels and Marines were rewarded fairly quickly thanks to a goal from Nabil Alioui, on receiving a perfect cross from Matthis Abline (1-0, 13th). “I feel like I fit in well. Tonight, I made an assist. I could also have scored a goal or two, but I lacked efficiency“, regrets Abline.
With a little more success on a header from Gibaud on the top of the crossbar (33rd) and a shot from Abline above (34th), the people of Le Havre could indeed have made the break and thus saved themselves a tense end to the game.
Values found
Because in the second half, apart from a free kick from Cornette diverted by Valette (64th), never again did the Ciel and Marine manage to be really dangerous. But they, on the other hand, defended very well, displaying these values which they had lost in recent times: solidarity, self-sacrifice and courage.
“In the second half, we were a bit tense, we still had the Bastia match in mindacknowledges Le Guen. Yes, it was a little hard at the end, but we held on. It shows a state of mind. We found some values and a little more solidity, even if we were a little cornered at the end of the match, but against a team that is playing for survival, it’s not surprising. At home, we have been struggling since the start of the season. This victory is therefore good and allows us to take a little air in the standings..”
Admittedly, this success can be described as laborious in the face of a team that is heading straight for relegation to National, but who cares. The HAC finds 6th place, six lengths from Sochaux, the 5th.
A great operation, therefore, before facing another poorly ranked, Quevilly-Rouen (17th), next Saturday at the Diochon stadium.