Sunday evening, during the poster for the 13th day of Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille will return to their Stade Vélodrome with the desire to put an end to their black streak at home against Monaco.
The Stade Vélodrome is surely the most beautiful stadium, the one with the most atmosphere, when OM's results are there. On the other hand, when Marseille stalls, the Marseille enclosure can become a real burden for the Olympians. Which seems to be the case this season, knowing that Marseille is the second worst team in the current year at home. With only five points taken at the Vélodrome under the orders of Roberto De Zerbi, OM even remains with two defeats in a row at home, against PSG (0-3) but especially Auxerre (1-3). Humiliations which are still difficult to overcome in the Old Port. Suffice to say that the match against Monaco, which will be played on Sunday evening, is impatiently awaited by Olympian supporters. And if OM were to lose this Southern derby, important in the race for second place, the Vélodrome could well rumble. A pressure that Daniel Bravo knows well, he who played in the OM jersey at the end of the 1990s.
“The Vélodrome is difficult”
“The pressure? I felt it myself. When I arrived, at 36, it wasn't easy. Some said: 'Why do we take old people?' The pressure was not easy to handle, fortunately I did it relatively well, as I had a lot of experience. I showed that I was a warrior. I knew very well that Marseille liked it, I managed to get adopted. It was harder for young people like William Gallas. He became a great player, but at the beginning he had the shakes when he entered the field. He asked me to quickly pick up to give me the ball. He was in panic. The Vélodrome is difficult. He can be extraordinary and carry you. In good times, you can no longer touch the ground. But when it whistles, you have a leaden screed”launched, in La Provence, Bravo, who knows that the Marseillais are doing everything to ward off the bad luck of the Vélodrome, for example with a greening course far from Marseille during this week.
