Marseille is hard. OM has suffered a third consecutive defeat in Ligue 1 on Saturday in Reims (3-1), for the 27th day. Worse, the club which has the Champions League online in sight, was preceded by Monaco in the ranking. Currently 3rd, the Phocaeans only have two lengths ahead of Nice (4th).
If Adrien Rabiot and Valentin Rongier evoke a problem of attitude of the players, Jean-Michel Larqué points the finger at Roberto de Zerbi and his choices. On the waves of RMC this Sunday, the former midfielder did not chew his words when evoking the complicated situation of OM. “We can excuse him but to say that he is not responsible is something else”he said.
A soulless team
“Today, if you haven't won a match for a month, you play against OM and you relaunch yourself. I'm talking about Reims but I could talk about Auxerre and Lens ”indicates the consultant. “Yesterday (Saturday) I saw a soulless team, without enthusiasm. There is nothing! In the first period, they had to spend 30 minutes in the last 30 meters of Reims and had only one opportunity. Nothing happens in this team “he regrets.
In his charge against RDZ, Larqué wondered about the management of players, and that of Leonardo Balerdi, out of wounded:
“How is it possible that with an army for the medical staff and for the technical staff, you leave Balerdi on the ground yesterday?” How is it possible that it is necessary to wait for the 34th minute to understand that he cannot play football? He was hanging out his leg, couldn't even turn around! On the first goal, you had time to kill a donkey with berets. »»
200% manager
The tactical choices of the Italian have also been criticized, in particular the change of position of Adrien Rabiot, aligned for weeks in a role of left-argument. “Do you have players in the midfielder strong enough to do without Rabiot?” Already you have a team that has no enthusiasm and in addition you are playing an infirm and a player who does not play in his post. I want it to be excusable but it is 200% responsible ”says the consultant.
