Pau Lopez’s performances continue to fuel regrets over the forced departure of Steve Mandanda. The OM goalkeeper was not spared either by his new coach Gennaro Gattuso.
OM have conceded 10 goals in the last three matches played, all away. On the lawns of Amsterdam (3-3), Paris (4-0) then Monaco (3-2), Saturday evening, the defense was logically subject to questioning.
And Paul Lopez is not spared from criticism either. Gennaro Gattuso, the new OM coach, criticized him for his wait-and-see attitude on the first goal for ASM signed Akliouche (1-1, 8th), slide The Team.
The Spanish goalkeeper still appeared very crumbly on the other goals scored by Adi Hütter’s team: Balogun (23rd) and Akliouche (52nd). This feeling of helplessness among the former AS Roma goes back to the end of last season.
And we inevitably talk about Steve Mandanda again in the stands of the Vélodrome stadium. Marseille supporters have never digested the forced departure in the summer of 2022 of “El Fenomeno” for Stade Rennais. With Mandanda, it is said, and despite his 38 years, OM would not have conceded so many goals.
This is part of the criticism addressed to the management of OM, such as the fact of having dismissed Dimitri Payet, this summer, another totem of the Provençal institution.
We can think that Gennaro Gattuso will not hesitate to bring the competition into full play if Pau Lopez does not pull himself together.
