Arriving at OM in the summer of 2024, Roberto De Zerbi continues to be unanimously unanimous on Canebière. Author of a successful first exercise, finishing in second place in Ligue 1, the Italian technician confirms this season: after twelve days, his team is once again in second place, just behind PSG.
If the course in the Champions League is more contrasted, with only one victory for three defeats, De Zerbi continues to make his mark. Both its management and its philosophy are attractive internally. Despite certain criticisms of the proposed game, the entire club, managers and players alike, have great esteem for it.
“Mourinho had the same thing”
An opinion widely shared in the locker room, starting with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, vice-captain of OM this season. Asked by World Eleventhe Danish international did not hesitate to compare his coach to José Mourinho. “I was lucky to have coaches like Guardiola, José Mourinho, Antonio Conte. And I put Roberto de Zerbi in the same basket. Over the next 20 years, coach De Zerbi will give a lot of things”he says.
The Dane then went further in the comparison.
“The coach… I don’t know how to say it. He has a connection with the locker room, he has a sentimental relationship with the locker room, Mourinho had the same thing. Roberto De Zerbi feels the locker room, he feels the environment, he understands behavior, he knows in advance what will happen the next day”adds the midfielder. In Marseille, the message is clear: Roberto De Zerbi has won over everyone.
