The weekends follow one another and are similar for Olympique de Marseille at the end of the season. Beaten in Lorient (2-0) a fortnight ago and forced into a draw by Nice (1-1) at the Vélodrome last weekend, Habib Beye’s men followed up with a 3-0 defeat against FC Nantes. Another fatal setback for OM in the race for the Champions League.
The Marseillais appeared apathetic and resigned and Habib Beye’s responsibility is inevitably engaged. “I almost want to say that the one who has the least responsibilities is Habib Beye. He’s been there less long than everyone else”nevertheless confided Pascal Dupraz at the microphone of RMC on Sunday.
However, his rant against his players at the end of the meeting was not to the taste of the former coach of Toulouse or Dijon. “His statement after the match is ludicrous. It’s your responsibility if players train well during the week and don’t play well on the weekend, he shouted. There is no need to pillory them. It’s your responsibility if the players didn’t run. This is why we are paid well. I mean it quite frankly and that’s what he should have said. »
Medhi Benatia as Habib Beye
But for Pascal Dupraz, Habib Beye is not the only one responsible. The evil is much deeper. “For several years, except for the 18 months with De Zerbi, we have had incessant transfer windows and incessant changes of coaches. It’s always an eternal start again with OM.” he underlined before attacking Medhi Benatia, the resigning sports director.
“From the moment he said he was resigning and he stayed, allowing himself to smash the players after Lorient, how do you expect the players to take that with fear? They actually don’t care, he said. They don’t care because Benatia also doesn’t care about OM since he announced his departure at the end of the season. »
“All this means that OM is in a slump, he concluded, fearing the worst for the end of the season. I have the impression that it is the chronicle of a long descent predicted. I’m afraid that OM won’t make the European Cup at all at this rate. »
