Tensions outside, but also inside. OM is in the grip of an institutional crisis which could turn into a sporting crisis. The locker room begins to rumble.
The slap received on Sunday during the “Classique” against Paris Saint-Germain (4-0, 6th day of Ligue 1) had consequences within the Olympique de Marseille locker room. The speech and actions of the interim coach, Jacques Abardonado, provoked the incomprehension, not to say anger, of certain Marseille players.
This is a revelation made Tuesday by The Team which confirmed that the Marseille locker room was seriously cracking. In today’s edition, the sports daily first mentioned the match lost in Paris and the fact that after the defeat, ” some players privately expressed serious doubts about the 5-3-2 set up by Jacques Abardonado“. The latter considered in particular “ that they did not master (the pattern) enough to attempt it against such an opponent, after having only worked on it for less than an hour on the eve of the match.“
A mistrust has set in
And the anger was visibly deep among certain elements of the team who returned to this famous discrepancy between the pre-match speech of “Pancho” and what was put in place on the evening of the match. An anonymous player complained: “ What message was sent to Luis Enrique? Put all your offensive players on, don’t worry, we don’t want to attack…“
In conclusion, the sports media indicated that a “ distrust » now existed between “ part of the locker room and Abardonado“. Suffice it to say that President Longoria would do well to quickly find a regular coach to take the place abandoned last week by Marcelino.
