Olympique de Marseille did not miss its outing. A week after a valuable success in Le Havre, the Ciel et Blanc followed up with a 3-1 victory against Stade Rennais in what constituted a real final for the Europa League. Thanks to this success, OM snatches fifth place in Ligue 1 and is therefore guaranteed to compete in the C3. A lesser evil for the Olympian camp.
“We had to win this evening and that’s the main thing. I never live in the past and the outcome on the 34th day is the one we deserve. We are two points from the Champions League, we lost points but I don’t live with regrets, said Habib Beye after the meeting. What we had to do this evening was go for the European Cup which is in the DNA of this club. We must not overuse the Europa League, even if that was not the initial objective. We are fifth, two points behind third, that’s the reality of this season. »
Although he also did not want to underestimate this qualification for the Europa League, Medhi Benatia, whose departure had been made official the day before, nonetheless harbored great regrets in view of the season delivered by the Olympian club.
“There was reason to calmly think about a top 3”
“We tried to finish on a good note. It’s worth what it’s worth, but it’s still qualification for the Europa League. In such a catastrophic season, for us at least, you finished two points off the podium. It leaves you with a lot of regrets… It’s a reflection of what we produced this season,” he confided.
“There were too many irregularities to hope for a better finish. With the squad recorded on September 2, there was reason to calmly think about a top 3. But the real problems of this season are the matches where we did not show up,
he continued. You can tell me what you want, you can’t play the matches we had in Nantes, Lorient, Bruges… The bad thing about this season is this irregularity. »
