Three weeks after the start of its pre-season preparation, Roberto de Zerbi's OM hopes to gain strength. In internship in the Netherlands, the Phocaeans played two first friendly matches at the Dutch Federation Training Center. They did not force. Adrien Rabiot, Amine Gouiri and Mason Greenwood went against a pitiful D3 Batavian formation, the Excelsior Maassluis (5-0) on Sunday.
However, the liners of the first team-Amine Harit and Neal Maupay in mind-did not convince, during the second period against Maassluis, then the next day starting in front of a promoted in Belgian D2, OC Charleroi (1-1). The Marseille training was carried out at halftime and it was Greenwood who equalized in the second half, without any other goal from the holders launched by the Italian technician on the return from the locker room.
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The two games disputed without public made an audience card during their broadcast on the YouTube channel of Olympique de Marseille, by attracting nearly 150,000 people simultaneously each time, for videos at 750,000 views and 610,000 views in the end.
Seville then Aston Villa against OM
OM gives an appointment to its supporters on Saturday with a test match against Girona (8 p.m.), in Andorra, then a second interesting poster against Valence, the following Tuesday (8:45 p.m.), in Tarragona. The club Youtube should again broadcast the matches, but the L'Equipe channel has also announced that it has bought the TV rights of the two meetings, to broadcast them in deferred, respectively at 8:55 p.m. and 9:10 p.m..
The Pablo Longoria club, which will compete in the Champions League in September, struck hard for its preseason by programming two friendly matches at the Vélodrome stadium, on August 2 and 9, against Seville and Aston Villa. Provencal supporters will be there and these OM preseason shocks have often been bought by Canal+ for a few years.
