Arriving this summer on the Olympique de Marseille bench left empty by Jean-Louis Gasset, Roberto De Zerbi did not wait to start his mission well. The new Marseille coach has gone five games without defeat (four wins and one draw). But at the end of September, the machine began to seize up slightly and since then, Marseille has only won one of its last four meetings (0-5 in Montpellier), including two defeats and a draw. Something to worry some.
Former OM striker, Djibril Cissé said he was concerned about Roberto De Zerbi. The channel consultant The Team
spoke on the subject on Friday and according to him, Sunday’s match against Nantes (8:45 p.m.), but also that of November 8 against Auxerre, could already impact the position of the Italian tactician. “It’s more this match that scares me. (…) If you don’t react and you don’t win against Nantes, I wouldn’t say there will be a price on his head, but it would start to get tough for him because the supporters really wouldn’t be happy. »
The perfect opponent to relaunch?
For the former French international, Roberto De Zerbi could therefore be seriously weakened in the event of another failure against the Canaries. “I think we will be in a crisis because then we move to Auxerre. But I’m afraid that if we don’t win against Nantes, we’ll find ourselves in the beginning of a crisis. » The Marseillais can also see the bright side of things by noting that Nantes is not doing very well at the moment since it has not won a single one of its last six league matches. And even if they host OM, Nantes does not really have an advantage since they have only won one home game in 2024.
However, and despite the fears expressed by Djibril Cissé, there is little to bet that Roberto De Zerbi is truly in danger in the event of a misstep on the Beaujoire side. At the start of the season, President Pablo Longoria took care to say and repeat that OM had embarked on a new long-term project with its new coach. It would then be more than surprising to see him make a radical decision at the first pitch of the Olympian ship. It therefore remains to be patient for the supporters who will nevertheless carefully follow the evolution and the rest of their team’s season.
