The Spanish international goalkeeper of Olympique de Marseille, Pau Lopez, takes aim at his team after the Marseille rout in Brest on Sunday.
The crisis continues at Olympique de Marseille. Defeated by Brest (1-0) this Sunday in Ligue 1, the Marseille club delivered one of its worst performances of the season. Despite the numerical advantage after the expulsion of Steve Mounié, the Marseillais failed to dominate the Bretons. The final blow came in the 88th minute when Gennaro Gattuso’s men conceded a goal. OM goalkeeper Paul Lopez, injured in the calf and absent during the match, did not mince his words to describe the situation and criticize the attitude of his teammates.
“We’ve hit rock bottom”
“There are former players like Steve (Mandanda) or Dimitri (Payet) who have shown that wearing the OM jersey is not that,” judged the Spaniard in the mixed zone. Now we have to take responsibility for it. I’m tired of always saying the same thing, of making excuses. It’s finish. (…) I don’t want to hear someone say that they are a little sore and can’t play. We can’t continue like this. The city, the supporters and the president do not deserve this. If, at the end of the season, the president decides that we can no longer play there, well we will no longer play there. What can we say? Nothing. If he tells us to leave, everyone will leave. We can’t play with this mentality. »
The former AS Roma goalkeeper did not seek to minimize the seriousness of the situation. “It’s not tactical, technical, nor a question of quality. We conceded another goal at 11 against 10. It’s not possible. I apologize. We’ve hit rock bottom, we can’t go any lower. It’s up to us to decide if we want to experience a disaster until the end of the season. I don’t even want to talk about Thursday’s match (the return against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europa League, editor’s note),” Lopez railed.
