For its comeback in the Champions League, Olympique de Marseille was served. Roberto de Zerbi's men will actually start their C1 campaign this Tuesday evening (9 p.m.) at Santiago -Bernabéu, where they will challenge Real Madrid of a Kylian Mbappé already very sharp (4 goals in 4 games).
A displacement that promises to be complicated for the Marseillais against Merengues who hold the shape at the start of the season. Xabi Alonso's troop for the moment makes a full box with four wins in row in as many matches played.
For its part, OM comes out of convincing success against Lorient (4-0), Friday evening in Ligue 1. Sufficient to believe in the feat in Madrid? For Giovanni Castaldi, the Olympians will not create the feeling in the Madrid lair, where no French club has ever won.
Castaldi: “I don't think OM is able to overthrow Real Madrid”
“The start of the season of Olympique de Marseille with the Rabio-Rowe affair, it does not call calm. I want to be based, to beat the great Real Madrid of Kylian Mbappé and Xabi Alonso, on a victory against a promoted (4-0 against Lorient, editor's note), at nineteenth, I think it's a little excessive “said the 35 -year -old journalist on the team on Monday evening.
“Let them be ridiculous tomorrow, I do not believe, because it is a solid team from Olympique de Marseille,
he added. But I don't think OM is able to overthrow Real Madrid. There is still a lot to settle in this team. »»