Very efficient last season, while collectively Marseille was in difficulty, the Argentinian, extended and promoted to captain during the summer, is only a shadow of himself this season. Under pressure, and falling back into his habits – nervousness, gross errors – the central defender does not reassure, and makes Chancel Mbemba greatly regret it, for example.
On RMCDaniel Riolo said he was worried by the nervousness displayed by Roberto De Zerbi, as by the management, and called for more calm, illustrating this by the situation of the Argentinian international (3 caps): “Between the start of the season with the referees, between the excitement that is that of (Pablo) Longoria in the stands, between (Roberto) De Zerbi who is also an eruptive… We are not going to make it. (…) Everyone is catching fire at OM and the illustration is poor (Leonardo) Balerdi. Two years ago, he was mocked. Little by little, we realize that he is still a good player. (…) And we make it the symbol. Did we care for a single second whether he was capable of embodying all that? It's so difficult, and even more so at OM, to put up with all this. We put bricks in his backpack. He can't stand his jersey anymore. It's mid-November, Balerdi, I haven't seen him this year. Roberto De Zerbi told him “you lack balls”? He'll kill him if he says that. »
Hopefully the international break does good for number 5 Olympique de Marseille, so that the Marseille club does better from a defensive point of view from Saturday November 23, against RC Lens (9 p.m.).
