Olympique de Marseille won on the wire against AJ Auxerre (1-0), this Saturday in Ligue 1. This success allows the Marseille club to remain neck and neck with Paris Saint-Germain, leader with a two-point lead. It also puts an end to a dark series of two defeats for the Olympians against the Auxerre.
This result should offer some confidence to Roberto De Zerbi’s team before hosting Atalanta Bergamo on Wednesday in the Champions League. However, the performance of the French vice-champions did not completely convince Pierre Ménès.
An insufficient service
On his YouTube channel Pierrot Le Footthe former Canal Football Club journalist shared his analysis of the meeting: “The Marseillais gave us yet another painful performance against an Auxerre team which tried things (…) It’s true that Roberto De Zerbi has injuries, and that he decided to start with Greenwood and Paixao on the bench, Greenwood not even entering this match. But hey, that’s not enough. There were almost only internationals at the kick-off on the OM side, so the argument is not valid. It’s not possible that Marseille could have been carried around like that by the penultimate in Ligue 1.”
And the consultant drives home the point: “And it’s not possible that Olympique de Marseille could have scored so many shots. They end up with four yellows and a red, and it’s not undeserved. The only positive was that players were rested for the extraordinarily important Champions League match against Atalanta. But what we saw against Auxerre is not reassuring, it was really sluggish for OM. »
