“I am very happy to be the Marseille coach because I love controversies. »» In his own way, Roberto de Zerbi answered in press conference to the questions on tensions existing between his workforce and him, since the defeat conceded by OM in Reims (1-3) last weekend in Ligue 1.
“To say that the players are against me is false”said the Italian coach, who admits having “Badly lived this week, like everyone else”.
“I knew it was going to come out and I surely know who tells you about it, I know the sourcesadded the Olympian coach, without quoting the name of the Marseille taupe. If I had thought of not getting it out, I could have worked in a traditional way, without risking anything. I have to expose myself, I take risks. And afterwards, my mother calls me on the phone and asks me what happened, I go for a criminal, a offender. »»
All this agitation, while the Olympians have certainly lost their second place in favor of Monaco but remain in the race to win a qualification in the Champions League before receiving Toulouse on Sunday evening, annoys Eric Di Meco. On RMC, the former OM defender supported the Transalpine technician. “These controversies on the coach are starting to inflate me,” said the 1993 European champion.
Di Meco flies to the help of De Zerbi
“I experienced a football where the coach did not matter as much as that. (…) And the players were doing the job on the fieldhe added. Two years ago, there was a sling of players at the start of the season because training was too hard with (Igor) Tudor. The guys went to cry in front of the president because it was too difficult. »» A situation that navant him, the players being in his eyes just as responsible.
“I want us to type on the coach but the players must have acquired the minimum on what is to do on a fieldhe continued. Still … You play a place in the Champions League: you have never done it in your life, or only once, and you don't want the week in training? And you walk on the field when you have to win the match? And I am explained to me that it is the coach's fault, that? »»
