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“We wanted to provoke something,” Stéphane Le Mignan explained to reporters following FC Metz’s latest defeat, a 6-1 mauling away from home at the hands of Lille OSC. The head coach had taken a gamble before kick-off, removing club captain Gautier Hein and goalkeeper Jonathan Fischer from the starting line-up.
Like Mignan said, something needed to be “provoked,” something needed to change. Metz are bottom of the table and the only team in Ligue 1 this season who have not yet…