Ligue 1 | Franck Haise increases the tone in Nice and reappears the whole of leaders: “You need an awareness”

The last Nice victory dates back to March 1, in Saint-Etienne (3-1). After a point taken on twelve, “Strasbourg is a magnificent challenge, where we are really outsider“Indicates Franck Haise.”Given the dynamics, we must logically losehe observes. More If this negative series was to last one more match, it would be more complicated (for Europe, editor's note). “

Despite this emergency, the technician is in front of a more important challenge: “Find a collective state of mind“. “It is when we have the most people, that we lost our collective strengthhe analyzes. It's never trivial. These are attitudes, behaviors. “And to assert:”If we are missing things in recent weeks, it is because not all of them put all their positive energy at the service of the team. If you want to have results, five or six players are not enough.”

At the start of the season, Haise had established a council of wise men in the locker room. Around Captain Dante, he counted on Marcin Bulka, Pablo Rosario, Morgan Sanson, Gaëtan Laborde and Jérémie Boga. The last three have long been injured, but are now operational. However, as in all human construction, the statutes have evolved. If the “historic” remain essential, some like Youssouf Ndayishimiye, Evann Guessand and Jonathan Clauss have gained weight.

“Leaders are important“, emphasizes Haise. But there is”a lack“. “All messages, those of leaders, but first of all mine, do not go well enoughhe said. Otherwise, we would have taken more points. “Technical leader, Boga assumes his”responsibility“. “At one point, we have to exchange more with the group, make our experience speakis suitable. We talk more and more, we say the truths each other. They are sometimes difficult but we are professional. It is for the collective property. It is necessary to take responsibility individually, and to assume its role as a leader.”

Haise, however, does not only throw stone into its experienced men. He relies on everyone for “An awareness, if not at the end, we will have a lot of regrets“, he warns. And then,”You have to want to listen to the leaders, a listening capacity, acceptancecontinues the coach. This is team dynamics, cohesion. It is the most difficult, because it depends on everyone. The guys must not say to themselves: 'there are only our leaders'. It's too easy to say: 'Our leaders fail'. Or: 'He's the coach'. Everyone must be able to look at each other, to ask what they do for the team.”

Six days from the term of the championship, this speech made a few internal teeth cringe. But it aims to react. “”What scares me the most is that I do not find a group that wants to 'perform' together, continues Haise. It's my fear. If I find that, there will be no regrets“After changing a few routines this week in training, he still distilled the same speech. And he also relies on the reaction of his executives, such as Boga.

“We no longer have a joker, concludes the African champion. Those who have missed a lot of matches, had a complicated season due to injuries, like me, want to finish loudly to help the club achieve its goals. It's very exciting.”