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Montpellier is aiming to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Handball Champions League on Wednesday at home against Zagreb (8:45 p.m.) to ease a tense climate on the sidelines of the last campaign of Patrice Canayer, who dreams of leaving in style. Eliminated from the Coupe de France and left behind for the championship title, the MHB only has this C1 won twice (2003 and 2018) to complete the 30th and final season of its emblematic coach and manager with a title.
If the club has come a long way by securing a draw (27-27) in Croatia in the first leg, Canayer is, before the return play-off in the historic René-Bougnol hall, “neither confident nor worried ". “I am determined for a match where we must make the most of our qualities while having a cool head,” explains the technician. At 62, he does not want to waste the opportunity to add a 43rd and final title - including 14 as French champion - to his immense record and has lost none of his bite or his fierce hatred of defeat.
Also the Gardois had a hard time with the one conceded at home on March 20 in the semi-final of the Coupe de France (35-32) against the very diminished PSG: his vehement anger generated an unprecedented echo from his Captain Valentin Porte and caused open tension.
“I wanted to make them (the players) understand that they had to put themselves in an emergency situation. I feel them in this situation more than some time ago,” he breathes.
Deep tension, simple lever of an experienced coach, with an iron fist that wears down his squad? Regardless, the MHB coach wants to focus on the sole hope of winning a trophy for the first time since 2018.
“We’re in Montpellier, we’re not fools. We are one of the three or four biggest French clubs. We made opponents cry in this room, it’s up to them (the players) to write the new page of Montpellier handball,” says Canayer.
“This team has to shoulder the burden of wearing the jersey. They came for that. When we come to Montpellier, we come there to win titles. This is what I would like to convey to them one last time before leaving,” he continues.
In the event of qualification, a quarter-final duel against the German juggernaut Kiel will await Canayer's MHB.
