Christophe Urios on the Decline of Clermont: Losing the Club’s Winning Mentality

When he arrived in Clermont, a bit of a disaster in January, after the dismissal of Jono Gibbes, Christophe Urios immediately felt that something was wrong. “In my coaching career, when I prepared the guys to come and play here, at the Michelin stadium, I told them that they had to work harder than these guys who spent their time running, going to the locker room, competing for a throw-in. , a melee. We heard:“Clermont is playing well,”but it’s smoke and mirrors. The Clermontois were feared by the entire Championship because they put work above everything else. You came here, you knew you were going to suffer. It was the culture of the club, of the region itself. Well, when I arrived, I noticed that the club had lost that mentality. »