Ligue 1 is suffering from a cruel lack of goals this season. Jean-Pierre Pain points the finger at the attackers.
During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Football Institute in Clairefontaine, Jean-Pierre Papin was asked about the low goal output in Ligue 1 this season. As an advisor to the president of Olympique de Marseille Pablo Longoria, he felt that the French championship’s attackers were simply “not working enough”. For Papin, intensive work is a sine qua non condition for being a good striker, and the observation applies to all clubs, including OM.
Aubameyang and Vitinha in the viewfinder
“I am convinced that to be a good striker, you have to work a lot,” explained the 1991 Ballon d’Or in comments relayed by Julien Froment, journalist for Franceinfo. Today, it’s not working enough. When you see an attacker who arrives in front of the goal and doesn’t know what to do with the ball, it’s because he doesn’t work hard enough… This is an observation that applies to all clubs, including OM. »
Remarks which could be seen as criticism of scorers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Vitinha, respectively authors of 1 and 2 goals in L1.
