OM, De Zerbi turns his jacket around!

Mehdi Benatia has found himself in the eye of the storm since he dared to publicly criticize the referee of the OL – OM match and thus the man in black lacked integrity. Summoned before the disciplinary committee, he risks a sanction. It will be determined in the coming hours regarding his situation.

While waiting to know how many matches he will be suspended, the Franco-Moroccan can count on the support of those around him. And in particular those who work with him in Marseille. This Friday, Roberto De Zerbi expressed his full support.

De Zerbi grateful to Benatia

“Mehdi Benatia is a very high level sports director, the best I have worked with, he confided at a press conference. I’m sorry that he finds himself at the heart of the controversies. He doesn’t need me to defend himself, he expressed himself in an educated manner. »

The former Brighton manager later said he was grateful to his colleague: “If I’m here, it’s thanks to him and Longoria. I will always support him, I owe my arrival to him. These controversies have no reason to exist. »

The Italian technician therefore shares Benatia’s position. However, outright, he had contradicted him. Where the Marseille leader had expressed his disagreement with the expulsion of Leonardo Balerdi, De Zerbi had indicated that the red in question was perfectly deserved. The two men were therefore not on the same wavelength initially.