This is confirmed, Olympique de Marseille will compete in the Champions League during the next exercise. Thanks to its success against AS Monaco this Saturday in Ligue 1, the Marseille club validated its ticket for the Queen of Europe competition.
But for Mehdi Benatia, OM sports director, this moment is not yet synonymous with joy, but rather relief, after months of effort. ” Happy ? Maybe I will be in ten years, once we will remember, as I could be with matches in my career where we say to ourselves 'this match made me proud'. Today, I'm not happy, I'm just relieved. That's what's unhappy but that's how it is. I am relieved because it is a lot of daily work, many people at the club, who have given a lot ”said the former Moroccan international in the mixed zone.
Never a day of respite to OM
The season was particularly intense for the OM leader. “It was a bit like the challenge of a life, even if I made my career, like Pablo (Longoria). This club there, you live things differently. There is not a day in the year you have a tranquility. Even when it wins, there is always someone who makes you cannot sleep quietly. All year round, it's a bit heavy. This is what I fought and what I will fight every day ”added Benatia.
Before being able to draw a real assessment, the residents of the Vélodrome will still have to ensure their place as Dauphin of Paris Saint-Germain, on the occasion of the 34th day of the championship against Stade Rennais, on May 17.
