Last Wednesday, 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. The Italian technician has since
makes his mea culpa.
However, Jean-Michel Larqué struggles to understand the OM coach's explanations. “When he says that he didn't want to defend so low and that he plays with five at the back, he will inevitably defend lower than if he plays with a four-man defense,” points out the sports consulate on RMC.
De Zerbi, coaching off the mark
The former ASSE captain is particularly harsh in his comments towards “RDZ”: “The more you talk, the more you get confused. Did he have a neuron failure? Or did the wires touch each other? He had the shovel, the pickaxe and continued to dig the hole. Against Real Madrid, who played ten against eleven? He screwed up.”
In the standings for the Champions League league phase, OM are now in 18th place, which corresponds to a play-off place. This Saturday, at 9:05 p.m., a new dangerous trip awaits the vice-champion of France, who travels to Lens for the ninth day of Ligue 1.
