Victory and that’s it. This is the feeling that has dominated since the success achieved by Olympique de Marseille on Sunday, at the end of the 6th day of Ligue 1. Because if the Ciel et Blanc, after four defeats in a row in the championship synonymous with a 17th place in the standings, effectively won 2-0 at Troyes, thus extricating themselves from the relegation zone, the copy made was insufficient to say the least. Enough to force one to be satisfied with the raw result.
“You don’t have much choice, what else do you want?” The game is so poor. Do we realize the technical weakness? The number of bad controls, bad passes, bad choices… It’s a weakness. It’s catastrophic”thus denounced Christophe Dugarry at the microphone of RMC, refusing to take refuge behind the transfer window or financial problems.
“This is not a financial question, we must stop hiding our faces. With the players there are, there is enough to make for a decent season. This team is going to face relegation, that’s for sure, he announced. We said to ourselves that OM could aim for a European place, because there are quality players. But if even they are not able to make a forward pass…”
“I’m shocked”
And the 98 world champion continues in the same vein by calling on the players to examine their conscience. “I advise players to watch their match. It was horrible, how did I watch this entire match? I am speechless. I’m shocked, he lashed out. How is it possible to do so little, so few races, so few occasions… It’s so technically poor that it’s impossible to project yourself forward. I don’t know what to say anymore…”
Christophe Dugarry was not the only former Marseillais to have been shocked by the performance of Bruno Genesio’s men. The same was true of Eric Di Meco. “There are a bunch of players on the OM side, if I am their manager, I tell them at the end of the season that there is a percentage of their income that I will donate to Bosman. Because if it hadn’t been for the Bosman ruling, they wouldn’t be playing in the first division and in Ligue 1, that’s not possible, they would be playing in the second division, or even in the National, he assured. If all the best French players had stayed with us like in the 1990s, these guys would be playing in Ligue 2.”
