Coach Gennaro Gattuso is accused after OM’s defeat in Lens. For Fabrice Abriel, the Marseillais, in particular Amine Harit, do not yet seem accustomed to the Italian coach’s playing system.
Olympique de Marseille, in difficulty since the arrival of Gennaro Gattuso, suffered a fourth consecutive defeat away last Sunday against Lens (1-0). A dark series which questions the game plan of the Italian technician.
According to Fabrice Abriel, former player of the club, the players are not yet well adapted to Gattuso’s playing system. Attacking midfielder Amine Harit is particularly isolated and does not receive the necessary support from his teammates. “ I don’t know what he wants to do, at least I can’t guess by looking at his team », he said, in an interview given to Provence. “ He seems to want to install a 4-2-3-1 with Amine Harit as playmaker, but the team does not play for him. The ball comes out too slowly, Harit always finds himself with his back to the goal with two opposing midfielders attacking him and without the support of Veretout or Kondogbia. »
Abriel believes that it is also up to the players to take responsibility. With Didier Deschamps, the coach of the France team and former OM coach, they were free to organize the game according to their experience and their intelligence. “ Afterwards it is also up to the players to take responsibility if it is not on the training program. With Deschamps, we did not work preferential circuits. The animation is also largely up to the players. Here we talk about experience, game intelligence, adaptation “, he explained.
