The new coach of Olympique de Marseille, Jean-Louis Gasset, savored his team’s victory against Shakhtar Donetsk this Thursday in the Europa League.
Olympique de Marseille produced a superb performance this Thursday evening by winning 3-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk (cumulative score 5-3) in the second leg of the Europa League. Trailing from the 12th minute, the Phocaeans were able to turn the tide thanks to an exemplary state of mind and a collective desire to do well. For Jean-Louis Gasset, who was having his first time on the Marseille bench, this qualification for the round of 16 is a great satisfaction.
“I am proud of everyone,” the French technician first declared at the microphone of RMC Sport. To have a great match, you need a great audience. It was a bad start with the penalty. He overmotivated us. The players thought it was an injustice. We were still in their camp… There was this revolt which was very good for the future. (…) We had to make this match a reference in terms of state of mind. »
A Gasset effect?
The Montpellier coach also wanted to put his role in this qualification into perspective. “No, I don’t think there is a Gasset effect,” he said at a press conference. It’s an awareness. The words carried weight, because it’s not work. 48 hours before, you make videos to see what happened in the last matches, you try to see in which system they feel best so as not to revolutionize. It was more a story of state of mind and confidence. Each player had to do a little more. It wasn’t difficult given the last few matches. Be much simpler, find the fundamentals, don’t add any more. »
Gasset therefore made his debut with Ciel et Blanc in the best possible way. OM will therefore play in the round of 16 of C3 and can now turn to Ligue 1 and the clash against Montpellier next Sunday.
