Ligue 1 Conforama: Montpellier HSC promotes Pink October for the fight against breast cancer

The Montpellier Hérault Sport Club - AS Monaco FC game (3-1) on Saturday 05/10/2019, Matchday 9 of the 2019-20 Ligue 1 Conforama season, was held "in solidarity with the Octobre Rose (Pink October) collective, which promotes breast cancer screening in France," said the Montpellier club on 25/09/2019.

Multiple operations were planned around the match with Montpellier HSC players playing in pink shirts as a sign of support, kick-off was signaled by a member of the Octobre Rose collective, the staff and managers also wore a distinctive pink sign and a stand for the collective was also present at the Stade de la Mosson, according to the club, whose women's team will also play versus FC Metz on Matchday 6 of the 2019-20 D1 Arkema, on 19/10/2019.

"Through this initiative by president Laurent Nicollin, MHSC, via its Espoir Orange and Rêve Bleu donation fund, wishes to reaffirm its desire to be much more than a football club and to take an interest in the issues of the society in which it operates," said the club.

• Montpellier HSC are currently seventh in the 2019-20 Ligue 1 Conforama …