The day after its defeat against Sporting (2-1), as part of the third day of the Champions League, Olympique de Marseille is already looking towards the next stage of its season. Saturday evening, Roberto De Zerbi's team will be at Bollaert-Delelis to face Racing Club de Lens (9:05 p.m., 9th day of Ligue 1). This Thursday, Pierre Sage sent a message to his future opponent.
The Sang et Or coach was present at a press conference and was questioned about how he approached the match. For him, it was unthinkable to present himself as a consenting victim. Quite the contrary. “We will never position ourselves as victims or bullies. We approach the match with ambition. » And Pierre Sage said he was delighted to be able to count on the support of the Lensois public, a week after the victory, already at home, against Paris FC (2-1).
“We will be keen to have a great match, since we will finally play a match again in front of our audience. » However, the technician showed himself to be a good player by praising the current qualities of Olympique de Marseille. “It's a team that has talent, that has offensive variety because their coach likes to alternate certain distributions of players in the same organization to cause problems for his opponents. »
Pierre Sage impressed by OM
And to add that Marseille has “a good level offensive talent”. Adverse qualities on which Pierre Sage intends to rely to “play a great match”. The Lensois coach has in any case had an excellent start to the season with RC Lens which he joined this summer after a few months without working.
With five victories in eight days, the Sang et Or occupy an interesting fourth place in the Ligue 1 standings, only two points behind leader Marseille. The opposition between the two teams should be an opportunity to see a quality match where everyone will play their luck to the fullest.
