OM supporters are not about to forget this immense disillusionment. While they thought they would qualify for the Champions League play-offs despite their catastrophic match in Bruges (3-0 defeat), Wednesday evening, the Marseillais were finally ejected from the Top 24 following a goal from Benfica goalkeeper Trubin at the very end of the game against Real Madrid (4-2).
An elimination which will inevitably leave traces within the Marseille team. According to information from RMC Sport, Olympian decision-makers met this Thursday with Roberto De Zerbi to discuss a possible departure of the Italian technician. But for Alain Giresse, it is the players who are primarily responsible.
“We will remember that it is cruel because the fate of the game is improbable. We’re going to rehash it, say that it had nothing to do with it. To a goalkeeper who scores against Real Madrid… But we can’t say it’s a disappointment. Because that would mean that the Marseillais gave everything. For me, it’s a disappointment », First confided the winner of Euro 1984 with the Blues to West France.
“How can we go from a good copy against Lens to this one? »
“We can put everything forward when we start a match like this, continued the former OM player (1986-1988). We often tend to say “it’s because of”… On the sheet, the eleven is consistent. But in this team, there are individuals who have had absences. The problem they have: managing the ups and downs. »
And Giresse concludes with this terrible slap received by the residents of the VĂ©lodrome: “How can we go from a good copy against Lens to this one? This OM lacks regularity to assert itself. When you play the leading roles, you don’t have the right to be forgotten. » The Marseillais will now try to console themselves by securing a place on the Ligue 1 podium at the end of the season, and why not the Coupe de France.
