On Wednesday evening, Olympique de Marseille seemed well on their way to a sixth consecutive victory, in all competitions. Except that the Marseille club ended up
lose to Sporting Portugal (2-1).
The expulsion of Emerson Palmieri was probably the turning point of this meeting, counting for the third day of the league phase of the Champions League. Roberto De Zerbi then proceeded to make several questionable changes.
Éric Di Meco did not understand the strategy of the Italian technician.
“When you take a red, you often want to change something, but sometimes it’s not worth it. There, you play with three central defenders for the only Luis Suarez opposite,” underlined the sports consultant on the airwaves of RMC, after the defeat of OM.
From Zerbi, changes that question
“He may have become a big box player at Sporting, but you can move to two central defenders, with Weah on the left and Pavard on the right. Why change? “, asked the former left-back.
In the standings for the Champions League league phase, OM are now in 18th place, which corresponds to a play-off place. On Saturday, another dangerous trip awaits the French vice-champion, who will travel to Lens for the ninth day of Ligue 1.
