After the red card received by Elye Wahi, the Lensois coach was more angry with the Clermontois than with his attacker, who had fallen into a “trap”.
Elye Wahi had an eventful first period on Saturday in Clermont. Scorer with a header, the former Montpellier put RC Lens on the path to success (0-2). But above all he received a red card, following an altercation with Alidu Seidu, which left the two teams at ten for the rest of the match.
After the match, Franck Haise was in cold anger. He didn’t necessarily blame his player, but rather the Clermontois. “I’m not going to elaborate”the Sang et Or coach first reacted on Prime Video, before broaching the subject despite everything. “As Elye had taken a first yellow card, which was undoubtedly avoidable, they tried to get him to take a second to get him out. He got it. The player who looked for this got it too. They had come to warm it up,” thundered Haise.
If he has sometimes criticized his attacker in recent weeks, demanding more from him, the Lensois coach this time took care to defend the one who remains a young player, at the age of 20. “ Elye Wahi progresses, assures Franck Haise. he still has a lot of areas for improvement, to avoid being trapped, like this evening. He almost scored 2 goals with his head, even though it was one of our topics of discussion yesterday in training. (…) He is a young player who must be integrated into another project. He is a very endearing boy with whom I share a lot of things. »
