Olympique de Marseille had a bad week. Consequence of his two defeats conceded in a row in the Champions League on the lawn of Sporting Lisbon then in the League during the clash against RC Lens. And if these two setbacks are largely explained by the errors of Emerson Palmieri in Portugal and by those of Benjamin Pavard in Bollaert, Roberto De Zerbi is also free from some criticism.
This is evidenced by the doubts expressed by Christophe Dugarry at the microphone of RMC Sport. If it's for OM to finish second in the championship, I'm not worried. If it's for OM to qualify directly for the knockout phase of the Champions League, I'm a little more worried.”he confided in Rothen ignites.
“I understand De Zerbi and (Mehdi) Benatia who minimize the failure of these two matches (Sporting and Lens), because they are in their role. Let's remember last season, every defeat, set it on fire, he continued. They do not want to start again on the same basis and that is legitimate. But I'm sorry: this speech doesn't work. Explaining to me that these are “the best 20 minutes” is largely insufficient to win a match…”
“For the moment, he doesn’t completely convince me”
And the former world champion expressed reservations about the excuse of fatigue put forward by the Marseille coach.
“We are already starting to talk about fatigue on De Zerbi’s side. If this is already the case after 12 meetings, it is worrying,
he whispered. Five defeats in 12 games is a lot… Afterwards, I come back once again to De Zerbi. I was worried against Rennes (defeat, 1-0). His players were not good against Real Madrid (defeat, 2-1) and he did not manage to instill anything with his changes either. »
“They were very bad and certainly cost the match or at least the defeat against Lisbon, he continued. There, once again, he is not inspired, he is unable to create a dynamic which allows his team, when it is led, or even when it leads, to recreate momentum and I have the impression that he is panicking in these changes. For the moment, he doesn't completely convince me. »
