It is an understatement to say that Michel Der Zakarian did not appreciate Thierry Henry’s recent criticisms about the level of Ligue 1.
The lack of goals observed since the start of the season in Ligue 1 continues to be talked about. Recently, several voices have been heard to denounce the poverty of the game in the championship. This is particularly the case of Thierry Henry, who has not been kind to French football.
“ Nice 2nd with 13 goals scored, does that surprise you? “, he recently launched on the subject, adding: “There were 12 goals this weekend and 13 the weekend before. It’s not necessarily the goals in fact. On Sunday, there was no shot on target. There is no action. Is this specific to these two weekends? I don’t know, continued the ex-Montreal coach. I hope these will be the only two weekends with 13 and 12 goals. All this happened with a Chelsea-Manchester City (4-4) where it stands out even more. At the same time we had Rennes-OL and Lens-OM. You just shouldn’t watch Chelsea-Manchester City. »
The comments made by the former Gunner did not go unnoticed and Michel der Zakarian, true to form, did not mince his words when reacting to them. “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. This is bullshit,” he thus launched in the columns of the Midi-Free.
And the Hérault coach repeated it in an equally scathing manner. “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. Let him win 5-0 against Spain or Italy and I will say bravo”he actually blurted out.
