Roberto De Zerbi arrived at OM this summer with the aim of putting the Marseille club back on track. It could start with a first trophy since 2012. The Italian coach has expressed his wish to win the Coupe de France. Moreover, the performance of the Marseillais on Sunday in Saint-Etienne (4-0) can give a very nostalgic feeling of joy to the followers of Olympique de Marseille.
Sunday, theABOUT challenged theASSE in the space of two weeks after an initial success in Ligue 1 (2-0) to Geoffroy Guichard. In recent hours, the Saint-Etienne club welcomed Olympique de Marseille a second time, but this time as part of the 32nd final of French Cup. And once again, the men of Roberto DeZerbi managed to get the best of theAS Saint-Etienne (4-0).
“We will try to win this cup”
Mason Greenwood, Adrien Rabiot, Luis Henrique et Pierre–Emile Hojbjerg marked this meeting with their goal. Before kick-off, Roberto DeZerbi spoke to the microphone of beIN SPORTS with a clear objective: to emerge victorious from this confrontation in order to have a good end-of-year celebration and to extend Marseille's hope of a first title in 13 years at the end of the season, the last dating back to 2012 and the League Cup. “We want to win this match, we will try to win this cup. We want to play a serious match, because it is important to us, as well as to the club and the supporters. I really hate being here without our supporters. In my opinion, this is not fair. We all come to Marseille to play at the Vélodrome, but also to travel with our supporters. It’s a shame they’re not here.”
OM pass four goals to their away opponent in the Coupe de France, unheard of since their last victory
This performance of force offered by his men against theASSE quickly reduced to 10 proves that the players of Roberto DeZerbi are pulling in the same direction as him with the desire to put an end to this long drought of trophies at theMarseille Olympic. Moreover, a sign of destiny, the last time the Marseille club scored 4 goals away from homeOrange Velodrome in French Cup dated back to 1989 Princes Park in the cup final againstAS Monaco (4-3). The superstitious will see a possible light towards a first French Cup since 1989.
