The Montpellier HSC Gazette
Match10 Apr 2027
Enzo Molebe wins it after the whistle should have gone
92 minutes played. Enzo Molebe found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Rodez AF went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Enzo Molebe, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.82
A mark of 7.82 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Alexandre Mendy, 33, rolls back the years — 7.80
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.80 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Montpellier HSC
Matúš Bero and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Téji Savanier falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match10 Apr 2027
Montpellier HSC see off Rodez AF
Three points for Montpellier HSC, 2‑1 the final word against Rodez AF in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
Montpellier HSC supporters have found a favourite in Enzo Molebe
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Enzo Molebe has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market12 Apr 2027
Émile Laine steps up from the Montpellier HSC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Émile Laine has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Richard Girard joins the Montpellier HSC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Girard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Hervé Simon joins the Montpellier HSC first team
- Market Thomas Barré steps up from the Montpellier HSC academy
- Loan watch Yanis Issoufou counts the days