Olympique de Marseille’s difficult season is coming to an end. This Sunday, Habib Beye and his men host Stade Rennais, as part of the 34th and final day of Ligue 1 (9 p.m.). For the Marseille coach, OM has only one mission against their opponent: to win to validate their place in the Europa League next season.
Present this Friday at a press conference, the one who succeeded Roberto De Zerbi during the exercise, got the message across. “For me, when you are Olympique de Marseille, you have to participate in the European Cup. Today, it will not be the Champions League, we know that from the objectives that we were not able to achieve. But we cannot overuse a competition like the Europa League. »
For the tactician, his team will therefore have to do what is necessary on the pitch at the Stade Vélodrome. And this, even if some supporters say they are disinterested in this famous European objective. “It would not be serious to think that today, we are talking about this competition as a cheap competition. We realize today that it is very important for French clubs to have representatives in each European Cup. »
Habib Beye wants OM in the Europa League
And Habib Beye continues on the subject. “The European Cup which presents itself to us at the end of this match, if we manage to negotiate it well, it will be the Europa League. And we must take on this challenge with a lot of appetite and motivation. Afterwards, the disappointment (fans) is inherent to the season, not to what will happen on Sunday. It is out of the question, when you are Olympique de Marseille, or when you are an OM coach, to overuse a competition like the Europa League. »
Concluding by repeating that achieving this goal was
“a very important issue”Habib Beye hopes to have been heard by his troops. For now, Marseille is in sixth place in the ranking, synonymous with the Conference League. He also remains under threat from Monaco which could push him out of European places in the event of success in Strasbourg. On the condition that OM loses against Rennes. A final disaster scenario that Marseille supporters do not want to think about.
