Stade Reims vs Montpellier preview - Courbis plays supporting role
Posted Saturday, October 25, 2014 by PA
Montpellier boss Rolland Courbis has thrown an arm around his beleaguered players as they prepare for their Ligue 1 trip to Reims.
A 5-1 thrashing at Lyon has the potential to damage morale at the club but Courbis hopes his soft touch will reap dividends in restoring confidence.
"My analysis of the game has been exclusively reserved for the players," he told ligue1.com.
"We already had five bumps on the head, so I didn't want to add any bumps to the bumps that we already had.
"I can only say congratulations to Lyon, they are a team to be avoided at the moment.
"Reims will not be easy either. I saw them play against Nantes - they are a team in good shape.
"The four-goal losing margin against Lyon means we now have a negative goal difference.
"We conceded as many goals against Lyon as we had in our previous nine matches."
Reims are two points above the relegation zone and are in need of the win that would boost their survival bid.
Having drawn 1-1 at Nantes last weekend and beaten Bordeaux seven days earlier, however, Reims coach Jean-Luc Vasseur is content with the progress being made.
"We wanted to follow up our win over Bordeaux by getting something at Nantes and we managed that," Vasseur said.
"We had more chances than Nantes, so I'm satisfied. We played pretty well. We were dangerous and produced some great moves."
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