The current Angers season risks entering the list of worst shipwrecks ever experienced by a Ligue 1 club. seems totally inaccessible. This Tuesday, the club’s management also announced that it was parting ways with a second coach. Having succeeded Gérald Baticle on November 24, Abdel Bouhazama has a disastrous record of 9 defeats and 2 draws in the last 11 games.
Worse, he has been involved since Sunday in a serious controversy, since he confirmed to The Team having justified the tenure in Montpellier (5-0) of his side Ilyes Chetti, prosecuted for sexual assault by throwing to his players before the match: “It’s not bad, we’ve all already touched girls”. “As my player was going to play, it was to put him in good conditions, so that we play down, in quotation marks”, specified the person concerned who therefore leaves his post “by mutual agreement” according to the SCO press release.
“The club condemns sexism and misogyny”
“A controversy arose on Monday after remarks, taken out of context, made during the pre-match chat, leaked in the local and national press, continues the Angevin club. Faced with media pressure and to preserve the club’s image and the serenity of the locker room, Abdel Bouhazama announced to President Saïd Chabane that he had decided to leave his position “as coach of the professional team. »
An episode that the SCO ensures not to take lightly: “Angers unreservedly condemns the words spoken during the talk, even if this seems to be more clumsy than the intention to trivialize sexist speech. Moreover, the club does not accept any form of discrimination and condemns sexism and misogyny. Abdel Bouhazama apologized to his colleagues, especially women, and therefore preferred to draw the consequences of both his record and his clumsiness. Angevin supporters must be in a hurry to get to June 3 and end this nightmarish season on all fronts.