Marseille legend Eric Di Méco does not understand that OM coach Roberto De Zerbi did not start Geronimo Rulli during the round of 16 of the Coupe de France lost to LOSC (1-1, 3 tab to 4).
Marseille supporters took a huge blow to the head on Tuesday evening. Because they understood, after the elimination of the Coupe de France against Lille (1-1, 3 tab to 4), that they were going to live a thirteenth season without a trophy. And that what was once their club's favorite competition was going to be denied to them for the 36th year in a row. OM had made the Cup a real objective. Like for three years. But this season, given his level of play, there was reason to be optimistic. But for the third year in a row, the Phocaeans were knocked out on penalties. An exercise in which they nevertheless have the best goalkeeper in Europe currently, Geronimo Rulli. Unfortunately, the Argentinian remained on the bench on Tuesday and Eric Di Méco does not understand that.
“We have to be social…”
“When you only have one competition to play, when it's your priority objective with the championship, when you put your typical team on the 10 field players, why don't you put Rulli?, asked the European champion 93 on RMC. He is the best Olympian player since the start of the season, he is the best goalkeeper in Ligue 1 this season. I think he is ahead of Chevalier in the championship. And what's more, you have a guy who takes three out of three penalties this season. He has already eaten the brains of the attackers who see him on TV, they are already shaking. And we don't put him on the pitch… Especially since OM and Lille are very close to each other, they were 1-1 in the league, you tell yourself that it's going to be close. The second goalkeepers from my era watched the games from the stands all year round and they never played. And now we have to do social work. »
-It's true that since Tuesday, many supporters have been wondering why it wasn't Rulli who started against LOSC or why De Zerbi didn't bring the Argentinian in before the penalty shootout…
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