Olympique de Marseille came close to being penalized on Thursday on the Villarreal pitch, Jean-Louis Gasset having feared a disaster scenario.
Serious setback for Jean-Louis Gasset’s Olympique de Marseille. After five victories in five matches since the arrival of the new Marseille coach, OM lost 3-1 to Villarreal.
And if the Ciel et Blanc finally validated their ticket for the quarter-finals of the Europa League thanks to their 4-0 victory in the first leg, they came close to disaster in the last moments of the match when the Submarine Jaune led 3-0 and increased his attacks in front of Pau Lopez’s goal.
“After our perfect match in the first leg, it was obvious that they were not going to stop there, that they were going to take the ball and create a physical impact because they have very athletic players. Without forgetting their above-average technique, and their habit of playing these big matches. I went through all the states at 0-3, like a lot of people, explained Jean-Louis Gasset after the meeting. I thought the worst, but I also knew that on quick transitions, we could have a ball. We got it at the start of the second half, which would surely have closed the debate, but we waited until the end to do it. This means that Marseille is still convalescing at the level of technical mastery, of mastery of the event. We played one match out of two”
