OM made a good impression on Saturday in their first preparation match against Nîmes (2-0). One player particularly impressed the opposing coach, Frédéric Bompard.
A double from Vitinha, Amine Harit’s return to play, Geoffrey Kondogbia’s first success… there are many lessons learned from OM’s first warm-up match against Nîmes, played on Saturday at the Commanderie. Dimitri Payet also appeared to his advantage, to the delight of the Crocodiles coach, Frédéric Bompard, the former assistant of Rudi Garcia who passed through Marseille. ” I found it sharpened yesterday. I love Dimitri anyway, he’s a great player. I think he has a much better chance of playing this season. If all goes well physically, he will have a lot more playing time than last season with Tudor. Yesterday was a 4-2-3-1, Dimitri suits him well. Then, he is able to play both behind the attacker and off-center too. »
However, if there is a player who caught the eye of the Nîmes coach during this friendly match, it is not the Reunionese playmaker but a young talent from the Marseille workforce: François-Régis Mughe, who distinguished himself last season by snatching the penalty shootout against Annecy in the Coupe de France. Certainly in vain. ” There they have a fighter plane on the rightbreath clearly impressed Frédéric Bompard, thus relayed by La Provence. It’s worse than a good impression, he’s going at a speed… He’s a bomb. I really liked it… The speed at which he goes is above the norm. Explosiveness, speed… it’s exceptional! »
“Not at all the same OM”
More generally, the Gard technician was able to discuss with Marcelino and appreciates the work already put in place by the Spanish strategist. ” It won’t be the same OM at all as last season, that’s for sure. (…) The game is different. Last year, it was pressing very high. Even though they still went to pick us up, they came to rush us. Some players still have these sorts of automatisms. There’s maybe a little less forward play, a lot more play between the lines. We are more into the “tiki taka” than it was last season. With Tudor it was much more forward play than recovery, direct football. This is what changes a little. »
