One of OM’s new strikers told the media about his state of mind a few days before the start of the Marseille season, next Wednesday in Greece.
Ismaïla Sarr, 25, showed a glimpse of her qualities during OM-Bayer Leverkusen, a friendly match played on Wednesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome and won 2-1 by the Germans coached by Xabi Alonso.
Regardless of the score, Marseille supporters will say to themselves, the priority for the moment is Greece. The Senegalese striker and his new Olympian teammates will face Panathinaikos in Athens, for the third preliminary round of the Champions League.
Ismaïla Sarr, who we saw fast and hard-hitting on the right side against Leverkusen, confided on Friday during a press conference, alongside Pablo Longoria, the president of OM.
The former player of Watford, Metz and Rennes in particular, naturally said all the good things he thought of the Provençal club: “ I was presented with the project, I said yes straight away because OM is one of the biggest in the world. »
“We are going to send hard”
Ismaïla Sarr also made a promise about his Senegalese compatriot, Iliman Ndiaye, another summer recruit in Marseille: “ In the field, in the national team, we played together with Iliman Ndiaye. With him, on the ground, we will make a good duo. We will send strong. »
The sooner the better and why not on the occasion of the double confrontation with Panathinaikos, an issue of the utmost importance before a possible play-off round, the last step before a place in the group stage of the C1.
