Roberto De Zerbi's reaction after the match against Auxerre surprised many. The Italian coach is taking advantage of the calm of the break to set the record straight at all levels.
Upon arriving in Marseille, Roberto De Zerbi explained that his motivation came as much from the project sold by Pablo Longoria as from his desire to lead a team in a sulphurous football city. For the moment, the Italian has not managed to tame the Vélodrome, and his players crash too often at home. The latest defeat, last weekend against Auxerre, provoked a thunderous exit from him, suggesting that he was ready to stop everything if the leaders considered that the problem came from him. Immediately reassured by Pablo Longoria, Roberto De Zerbi did not need to go any further, but he showed that his desire to succeed was close to his heart. And even took it a little too far.
De Zerbi identified the problem
A week or almost after the events, Le Phocéen and RMC jointly affirmed that the week without a match made it possible to restore calm to the Commanderie. Without really having the impression of going beyond the limits, the former Brighton coach believes that his message was not necessarily understood in the right way, and that he would have liked us to better capture his desire to succeed in all costs at the Vélodrome. The poor results at home, which he thought was an impregnable fortress, affect him a lot and he has tried a lot to understand the reason this week.
According to sports radio, he mainly identifies the problem as being mental. His players are blocking and don't let go at the Vélodrome, crumbling under pressure as has been suggested since the start of the season. As a result, what should have been an asset has become a liability, and prevents OM from being better in the standings. Areas of work that De Zerbi does not neglect, and he even took several players face to face recently to try to get things going, like Mason Greenwood too often connected to alternating current. If he hates international breaks because they cut off the dynamics of his group, the Marseille coach nevertheless intends to take advantage of it to put his troops' heads back before the resumption trip to the Lens field, before the reception of Monaco on December 1st.
