Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365, published on Saturday December 21, 2024 at 3:58 p.m.
OM's number 2 goalkeeper, Jeffrey De Lange, could have his chance in the Coupe de France against Saint-Etienne on Sunday.
Before the last meeting between RC Lens and Paris-Saint-Germain scheduled for Sunday evening at the Stade Bollaert-Delélis (kick-off at 9:00 p.m.), the main poster for the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, which will be played this time at the end of the year, and not at the beginning of 2025 as has been the tradition in recent years, will pit AS Saint-Etienne against Olympique de Marseille, Sunday afternoon (2:45 p.m.). Author of a good first part of the season, the Marseille club, runner-up to PSG in Ligue 1, will want to finish 2024 in style at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard and reach this first level in this competition which it intends to win at the end of the year. exercise.
De Zerbi: “De Lange, he’s a very great goalkeeper, it’s a guarantee”
In the Marseille goal, we could see a new face. Geronimo Rulli, very successful since the start of the season, played all 15 championship matches but he has a physical problem. So Jeffrey De Lange could officiate in the Provençal cage. Roberto De Zerbi maintained the doubt on Friday at a press conference. “Rulli, in the last two weeks, has been gritting his teeth with a physical problem. It would be a shame to risk it. We'll see. De Lange is a very great goalkeeper, it’s a guarantee,” confided the Italian coach.
De Lange highly appreciated internally
Like Rulli, De Lange arrived at OM last summer to compensate for the injury of Ruben Blanco, who was seriously injured in the ankle against Sunderland in a friendly. The tall 1.90 goalkeeper was recruited quite surprisingly from the Go Ahead Eagles. “He enjoys a fairly decent reputation in his country but nothing incredible. I know that Belgian clubs were looking at his situation a little, but none at the level of OM. It was a surprise when his transfer was announced, even if he had still progressed well over the last two seasons,” the scout from a major European club explains in La Provence. Hired for 3 years and 2 million euros, the 26-year-old Dutchman is unanimously appreciated in Marseille, even if he has not yet played. His impeccable state of mind and his level displayed in training are appreciated.
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