‘We were at the bottom of the hole’ – Metz captain Gauthier Hein on recent revival

FC Metz captain Gauthier Hein says the club’s recent resurgence was triggered not by tactical upheaval, but by a collective psychological reset after a disastrous start to the season.

Metz, hammered 6–1 by Lille and winless with just two points, have since beaten Lens, Nantes and Nice in quick succession. For Hein, the turning point came in the build-up to the Lens victory. “We were at the bottom of the hole… we told ourselves it couldn’t get worse,” he told RMC Sport. “That…