Roberto De Zerbi left OM in a resounding crash on February 10, two days after a humiliation suffered at the Parc des Princes (5-0). Behind him, the Italian coach left a field of desolation. President Pablo Longoria also left the ship while Medhi Benatia, who initially resigned, was reinforced in his role as sports director by shareholder Frank McCourt. And the team, now under the leadership of Habib Beye, continues to experience disappointments on the pitch.
Everything needs to be rebuilt today in Marseille, with an uncertain European future what’s more. But Roberto De Zerbi is not the only one responsible according to Daniel Riolo. “ When the season ends, I will tell everything that happened around De Zerbi. How he went crazy, it’s poor management of everything that happened around the club », Says the polemicist on RMC.
A problematic environment
“I think that the real problem for OM is not the coach, the sporting director or the players, but the poorly managed environment. That’s where it went wrong,” continues Daniel Riolo, readily drawing a parallel with what the successor of the transalpine strategist is currently experiencing on the Marseille bench. “ De Zerbi, he wasn’t a bad coach, except that he went crazy. Habib Beye is experiencing the same thing. At some point, if we don’t find in Marseille how to live with the environment, I can assure you that you can scroll through all the coaches and sports directors in the world… »
A few days earlier, the journalist had already defended Habib Beye, deeming him the victim of an unhealthy media cabal. “ What happened at the end of the season in Marseille is absolutely disgusting. Some journalists would do well to look at themselves in the mirror in the morning, because they have told a lot of stupid things. I don’t know for what purpose… Today, I have often said it, social networks dictate behavior. There was a fashion, a trend, a hype, a trend to dismantle Habib Beye for two months. »
