Held in check at the Vélodrome on Friday evening against Metz (1-1), OM matched a sad performance dating from 2001.
However, the opportunity seemed good. Opposed on Friday evening to a Metz team in great difficulty since the start of the season, Olympique de Marseille hoped to return to success. Unable to win for four matches in Ligue 1, the Marseille club finally failed in its quest, since it was held in check at home by the very pale Grenats (1-1, 21st day). Enough to match a sad performance that OM achieved in 2001.
And this performance concerns more particularly the year 2024, since since January 1, Marseille has not won any of its first four championship matches (one defeat and three draws). Unheard of for more than twenty years at the Vélodrome. The last time such a disastrous start to the calendar year occurred was in 2001, with two defeats and two draws.
Only one success
Worse, this poor performance has only happened twice in the last forty-five years. Suffice to say that the state of emergency no longer seems very far away. Friday evening, the supporters were not mistaken, they who displayed several banners demanding a rapid reaction from the team. “ Remember that wearing this jersey is a blessing. Honoring him is a duty. So get moving!!! », We could read on one of them.
The only match that OM has won so far in 2024 is this 32nd final of the Coupe de France against Thionville (0-1). Since then, Gennaro Gattuso and his men have not won again with these four Ligue 1 matches without success and an elimination on penalties against Rennes, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
