Projected on the bench of Olympique de Marseille after the resignation of Marcelino, the interim coach of the Marseille club did not back down in front of the press at this shock.
It is therefore by coming up against Ajax Amsterdam, a legendary team in European football, that Olympique de Marseille will begin its Champions League campaign. And the Marseille club will have to ignore a very heavy context, at the heart of a week which plunged it into a deep and sudden crisis.
This Wednesday, Jacques Abardonado was named interim coach after the resignation of the Spaniard Marcelino. “ At the club I knew everything, the U15s, the U17s, the U19s and the reserves. All I was missing was this post (from coach of team one). It arrives earlier than expected. As for the duration of the interim, I don’t know. I will take it game by game. This is Ajax“.
What will OM’s plan be for this match? “ We have ideas for the match. We talk a lot with David (Friio), we’ve known each other for three years. Sometimes we don’t need to talk to understand each other. You will see this when the time comes. The players know the context of the club when they come, they know that it can happen. They have to be professional, they have to stay focused on the match, their role is to concentrate only on the pitch“. The tone is set.
