League 1 | After Marseille – Angers (1-1) | OM, beware of danger: “Here, there is no time”

The first whistles of the season have finally come down from the Orange Vélodrome. Almost inevitably. Annoyed by their team’s performance against Angers (1-1), tense by the end of the match without real forcing, OM supporters did not have the hoped-for – and expected – awakening after the defeat in Strasbourg ( 1-0) last week. The Olympian club (3rd) is slipping and is now two points behind Paris (1st, which plays in Nice on Sunday) and Monaco (2nd, in Rennes on Saturday). Not really ideal before starting the international break, which risks being a little hectic on the Canebière. Where the demands are high and the crisis is never far away.

“It’s disappointing, especially in front of our supporters. We should have do better, even if I think we deserved to win. We need to re-mobilize before the next match in Montpellier“, warned Jonathan Rowe at the DAZN microphone after the match. His goal shortly after the start of the second half was not enough. This Friday evening, OM will have flouted everything. Their ideas as well as their principles of game. In short, his football And that of his coach Roberto De Zerbi, who had his face closed at the final whistle.

“For us, it is a defeat. This is how it feels in the locker roomconceded captain Leonardo Balerdi after the match. It’s hard, we have to improve and learn from this type of match. We are becoming a team. But we have to do different things, we can’t lose two points like that at home. We must progress. We are all disappointed. We must dominate all matches.” So, has the flamboyant team from the start of the season already disappeared?

“It’s normal that it takes time to build a collectiveBalerdi replied to DAZN. But here, at OM, there is no time. We must be there from the next match and not make the same mistakes as tonight (Friday). We must work and progress.” “We had troubleI recognize De Zerby. We had four or five players who were not in their best form. In the first half, we managed to find players between the lines, then we missed checks to get into the finishing zone. We gave continuity in the rhythm, then we also had an expulsion and the match changed.”

Lucid, the transalpine technician is aware that he still has “need time“to build the team he wants.”We work, unfortunately it also involves evenings like against Strasbourg and Angers. Yes, it hurts and it’s annoying.”

Finally, regarding some too many red cards, “RDZ” wants “people with character“but not”who are excluded in an awkward way.” “I don’t want to start the referee’s performance, I haven’t seen it again yet“, he added. Before concluding: “We must not ask for time. Time is needed to build teams. This will give satisfaction to all OM supporters. We have strong players, we are still under construction. Some arrived late, an important player like Balerdi was injured for a long time. I’m angry, but confident.” So much the better, because PSG will arrive at the Vélodrome in around twenty days.