In this new year 2025, But Football Club has listed its wishes for Olympique de Marseille.
Find the Champions League
Getting back into the Champions League is the priority WISH of every Marseille supporter. After 15 days of Ligue 1 and a place as runner-up to PSG, OM are in the lead. With an eleven type and a style of play finally identified, Roberto De Zerbi will aim for nothing other than this final objective in the ranking, he who even privately broadcasts the sweet dream of beating the capital club in the spring of 2025. Finances of the club would be all the better for it. “In July, we set out to qualify for the Champions League,” insists Pablo Longoria. With an average of two points per game, I'm satisfied, but we'll see at the end of the season. The C1 is important, we are economically structured to participate every year. If we do it every year, we might be in a different situation. »
Win the Coupe de France
OM supporters have noticed it and they are not the only ones: the Marseille club has not lifted the Coupe de France for 35 years! At the time, a magnificent victory for Jean-Pierre Papin's teammates won in the final against AS Monaco (4-3), on June 10, 1989 at the Parc des Princes. To date, the Marseillais' tenth coronation in the competition therefore remains the last. This season, the leaders of the Marseille club have set the objective of repairing this incongruity and displayed their ambitions by winning with authority in the 32nd finals against ASSE (4-0). The next round, against LOSC at the Orange Vélodrome on January 15 (9:10 p.m.), will be a real test to gauge the ability of this team to meet its objectives.
Become master again at the Vélodrome
Coming to OM to breathe the air of the Orange Vélodrome and enforce his law at home, De Zerbi quickly became disillusioned. Runner-up to PSG, the Marseille club shines as much away from its bases as it disappoints on its own land. The figures speak for themselves: OM are the best away team in the first leg of Ligue 1 (21 points) and only 13e at home (9)! If the latest results on Provençal soil are encouraging – victory against AS Monaco (2-1) and draw against LOSC (1-1) – OM would be well advised to resume their supremacy on Boulevard Michelet as soon as they receive the Havre (Sunday, 8:45 p.m.) to confirm its recovery in front of its loyal supporters. It should also be noted that, since the start of the season, they have never let go or even overly displayed their vehemence in the face of these disappointing results. Has leniency become the norm in Marseille?
Wash away the affront against PSG
Rarely, since the start of the QSI era at PSG, has a Classic between OM and PSG seemed as close and anticipated on paper as this Sunday, October 27. However, De Zerbi's men exploded in flight at the Orange Vélodrome (0-3). Getting off to a bad start after a red card from Amine Harit, which caused a lot of ink to flow afterwards, the Marseillais were trampled by the fine Parisian mechanics. In memory, we had never even seen the Italian coach so affected in a post-match press conference. Since then, the technician has revised his copy by switching to a 3-man defense and aligning the performances of choice. We will have to follow this same course of action to wash away the affront at the Parc des Princes on March 16, 2025 and show that this OM is finally worthy of the Champions League.
Relaunch Paul Pogba
Longoria may deny it, the temptation to recruit Paul Pogba remains a possibility in 2025. “There are no advanced discussions with Paul Pogba, we have to analyze and no decision has yet been taken. We are not closing any doors but for the moment it is speculation, admitted the president of OM on December 18. I was the first happy for him, I knew him at Juventus, like Medhi Benatia. I respect him enormously. We have to analyze, he is an extraordinary player. It's more of a dream. » Marseille supporters have the right to dream even if the idea of seeing a 2018 world champion out of form arrive on the Canebière remains vague, if only when we see the current squad already well equipped (Rongier, Höjbjerg, Rabiot) in midfield.
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