The primary objective stated at the start of the season, obtaining a ticket for the next Champions League has become a little further away for Olympique de Marseille. Beaten on Saturday at FC Nantes (3-0), the southern club could find itself seven points from a place in C1 on the evening of this 32nd day of the championship. Observers and analysts have been pointing different culprits for some time. Bixente Lizarazu clears the players.
This Sunday, the TF1 consultant gave his opinion, as part of the Téléfoot show. Unable to note the advanced state of disrepair of the game and Marseille’s motivation, he was questioned about the fact that the players could have decided to give up. “We always say that because it’s the easiest to explain. »
That being said, the 1998 world champion with France took part. “As a result of storms, the boat is sinking. But the problem, originally, is not linked to the players. I don’t know any players who want to give up. There are contexts that cause you to fly on a pitch, there are contexts that cause you to no longer be able to play. We see it in the eyes of the players. There is no more energy, there is no more anything. »
For Bixente Lizarazu, the Marseille players would therefore have been the victims of the instability at the level of the OM leaders. Between the separation with Roberto De Zerbi, the real-false departure of Medhi Benatia who finally left at the end of the season and who did not hesitate to ignite his group in the media, or the departure (this one recorded) of President Pablo Longoria, the context obviously did not help to provide the serenity necessary to obtain positive results.
As for Habib Beye, the Marseille coach has so far only gleaned four points out of the last eighteen possible. And Bixente Lizarazu concludes. “Look at what works well in Lens, in Paris. There must be a framework that is conducive to performance in Marseille. And that there is also stability. »
