Olympique de Marseille experienced another difficult evening on Wednesday on their pitch at the Stade Vélodrome. Although it held out until the final moments of the first period, OM ultimately lost 3-0 and thus compromised their chances of qualifying for the Champions League play-offs.
At the end of the meeting, the Marseillais had some regrets. The fault in particular was the free kick conceded just before the break following a ball slipped under the wall by Dominik Szoboszlai. The difficulties of the Marseille environment were also pointed out by Roberto De Zerbi.
But for Daniel Riolo, the lack of experience of certain Olympian players was also paid at a high price, the RMC polemicist pointing the finger “fright and lack of initiative” Olympian players. “Some players appear like children,” he asserted.
“I saw a child this evening”
In the eyes of the journalist, one player particularly symbolized the shortcomings of Roberto De Zerbi’s men: Amine Gouiri, preferred to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the point of attack. Because if the former Rennais forced Alisson Becker to make a good save in the first period, he had little influence in the debates and was finally replaced at the hour mark by the Gabonese.
“I’m sorry but Amine Gouiri has not yet shown me that he is good at this level, said Daniel Riolo. I saw a child this evening. Gouiri played like a child in all his initiatives. Maybe he was a little lonely but even when he was in the box with a few people around him, he was missing something. »
