2023-11-22 02:13:54
Wisely, Thierry Henry chose to delay in the verbal ping-pong from a distance that he pitted against Michel Der Zakarian, the Montpellier coach, and threatened to intensify. “I know that some journalists like to speak for certain people but if you were at the press conference (the one where the Espoirs coach spoke about the low number of goals in Ligue 1, setting things on fire) on the level of L1), I didn’t attack anyone,” declared Henry, after his team suffered a heavy setback against South Korea 3-0, at the Océane stadium in Le Havre on Monday evening.
A few days earlier, Henry, more than 350 goals for club and 51 for the selection, had stigmatized the current low performance of Ligue 1 clubs: “Nice is 2nd having scored 13 goals…, he had notably underlined. I hope that these will be the only two weekends with 13 and 12 goals (regarding the 11th and 12th days of Ligue 1), he declared again, comparing Chelsea-Manchester City (4-4) to Rennes-OL (0-1) and Lens-OM (1-0) played on the same day. “You just shouldn’t watch Chelsea-Manchester City,” he concluded, a bit ironically.
Monday in Midi-Free, Der Zakarian delivered a scathing response to the Espoirs coach: “I do not agree with Thierry Henry. Where did he train? What did he do in Monaco? It was three months and it cleared. The guy works for the FFF and criticizes French football. It’s bullshit,” said MDZ.
He even added: “It’s easy to denigrate the championship when you are coach of the France Espoirs team. He won twice 4-0 but against whom? He didn’t beat anyone. Whether he wins 5-0 in front of Spain or Italy and I will say bravo…” Perhaps weakened by the two consecutive defeats of the Bleuets, against Austria (2-0) and South Korea , the former striker has not reacted so far, or even seemed to intend to.
But he knows, however, that he will always find a response in Hérault.
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