De Zerbi’s sweet words for Sampaoli and Luiz Felipe

Olympique de Marseille wants to continue! After a big 5-1 victory in Le Havre to launch 2025 in the championship, the Phocéens saw the first big shock of the year arrive with a trip to the pitch at Stade Rennais. An obviously special duel with the recent arrival of Jorge Sampaoli, the former OM coach, on the Rennes bench. On the eve of this meeting, Roberto de Zerbi appeared before the media for his traditional press conference and did not fail to praise Jorge Sampaoli: “He’s a great coach, he’s had good results here. It will be a difficult match, against a team that is getting stronger. Starting over during the year is always difficult. This will be an important test for us. It’s a difficult match, against a strong team, a strong coach. We want to continue to win. We know very well that everything we have done so far doesn’t count if there is no consistency. We want to continue without asking too many questions. You have to run, score goals and not concede any” he declared in comments reported by La Provence.

De Zerbi totally praises Sampaoli!

He then continued: “The preparation for Rennes is the same as usual. We trained as if there was no match on Tuesday. But we’re going to sleep in Rennes, to recover better. When we get back, we’ll practice. After Sunday afternoon it will be rest” he said before commenting on the recent arrival of Luiz Felipe and the importance of Geronimo Rulli: “Luiz Felipe? Strong player, very young… It takes time, you have to give him time, without forcing too much. He arrives here with great enthusiasm. He can play in either position. He has good qualities. Rulli, I really wanted him here, he is having a great championship. He is a top player, who has the personality to play for OM. He was angry to concede a goal (against Le Havre), he is right. He has the courage and personality to read actions. He is the one who initiates the actions, he has a lot of security and confidence in the aerial game.”

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