After talking about extra-sporting for several days on the OM side, it’s now time for the field. Pablo Longoria sealed his future this Friday evening and Marseille can therefore fully concentrate on the athlete from now on. After the draw (3-3) against Ajax Amsterdam in the Europa League, the Marseillais will have to achieve an exploit this Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.) against PSG at the Parc des Princes. A necessarily special classic for a sick team and which will present itself with interim coach Jacques Abardonado on the bench.
Present at a press conference this Saturday morning, the former member of Marcelino’s staff announced the color. His team will not give any gifts and will have the means to tickle a PSG with confidence. “We need solidarity, desire, gnaque. It’s a beautiful poster. They know what they have to produce. We must not forget that we have a quality group. We have several systems in mind. It will make a great match. We weighed the pros and cons with David Friio, we have several systems in mind. We’ll see how it goes. My style ? Like when I was a player: aggressive in the good sense of the word. I have never taken a red card in 300 Ligue 1 matches, that means what it means. I want a team that looks like me, aggressive and that plays football. Each match has its story, Paris is a great one in Europe. We know what we have to do. It will be a great match. (…) PSG is above Ajax, we agree. We’re going to play in training today and see what we can do.”he first confided.
A change of system to be refined
While OM had so far played in a 4-4-2 formation, Jacques Abardonado had chosen to switch back to a three-way midfield for his first meeting. This should still be the case against PSG since this system allows, according to the Marseille coach, to put his players in the best possible condition. “Each coach has his own preferences and habits. Marcelino had his system in mind. Did he have time to put it together…? You know this question. I changed the system and it worked for us at Ajax. This 4-3-3 means that the players are in their positions. What I like is that the players are in their position. Afterwards the needs of the team sometimes cause the positions of certain players to change.he justified.
Faced with an opponent like PSG, OM will therefore have to optimize their qualities. But above all we will have to deliver a very different match from that against Ajax, against a team which will punish Marseille’s defensive wanderings much more. Captain Valentin Rongier is aware of this. “I think we should go to the Park without complexes. We no longer play in the same system, we have little time to prepare for this match, we are going to do quality and not quantity. This will involve a good video session, etc. We won’t be able to open the game as much, because we will be even more exposed. We have a plan and we will try to stick to it. (…) We are good, we all stay together. We try to stay united, not to add more. We have a good group. We have a good little staff who don’t overdo it and know how to find the words. We have to go to the Park without complexes. » PSG has been warned. This Sunday, he will face an OM who have nothing to lose.
