Big tension between Benatia and Cazarre

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By: Manu Tournoux

Medhi Benatia, the right arm of OM president Pablo Longoria, played the RMC media game this Tuesday, present on the air of After Foot for two hours to discuss the news of the Marseille club. Without any ellipses.

However, the tone – rather good-natured throughout this interlude – suddenly changed when the troublemaker Julien Cazarre invited himself onto the set at the end of the show. An unconditional supporter of PSG, always quick to mock the Olympians, the comedian, it must be said, did not spare the Marseille leader.

I saw on Opta Marseille that if there are no refereeing errors, you have two more Champions Leagues in five years “, launched Julien Cazarre as a preamble. A victory rather well received by a readily smiling Medhi Benatia. This before a second, much sharper blade.

An obvious annoyance

Did they heat you up a bit? Or did you go uh-uh, how did that go? », says Julien Cazarre. An allusion to the complaints made last season by the Marseille management board, at a time convinced of being disadvantaged by the arbitration and sanctioned on several occasions by the disciplinary committee.

This more aggressive outburst in tone obviously did not please Medhi Benatia, who on the air did not hide her annoyance: “
There’s no ouin-ouin, I say what I think as usual “, he replied coldly. And then assured as his irreverent interlocutor relaunched him: “
It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m not being upset! »