“I want to see them in Paris”, the big challenge launched at OM

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By: Manu Tournoux

A former Marseillais wants to see OM progress against PSG and asks the Marseille team to show a better face than during the first leg.

Olympique de Marseille has upset each of its opponents for several weeks. After a success in Ligue 1 against Lyon (3-2) at the start of the month, the Phocaeans chained with victories against Angers (2-0), February 9, and Saint-Étienne (5-1), last Saturday .

The Roberto de Zerbi team confirms its status as a runner-up from Paris Saint-Germain, ten points behind the Paris club, but also six points ahead of the OGC Nice and AS Monaco, respectively 3rd and 4th . However, for the former left side Marseille Éric Di Meco, the Olympians still have to cross a course: to compete with the reigning champions of France.

“We would like not to be ashamed after the Paris match”

“It is not against Saint-Etienne and Angers that I want to see progress. I want to see them in Paris ”launched the 1993 European champion on RMC. “They owe us a revenge. There was so much hope at the Vélodrome, we were so whipped … There was the expulsion (from Amine Harit, editor's note), but it does not prevent that for 20 minutes we were spanned until 'to be ashamed of it. So we would like to be ashamed after the Paris match. That is to say that we want to review the progress we see over the weeks. And ultimately, the result is not the most important, it is the way. In any case, we must show that the players took the measure of this match. »»

During the first classic of the season, disputed at the Vélodrome in October, OM lost to the heavy score of 3 to 0. The next meeting between the two Cadors of the French elite is scheduled for March 16 At the Parc des Princes.