Rabiot deciphers the De Zerbi method

Author of a double with the French team against Italy in the Nations League on the San Siro lawn last Sunday, Adrien Rabiot seems to be returning to the best of his form. And that's good, because with Olympique de Marseille, the end of the year promises to be hot. This Saturday, the Phocéens travel to the north of France to face RC Lens in a shock on paper. On the eve of this poster, the midfielder trained at Paris Saint-Germain was present at a press conference. The opportunity for him to return to his return to the selection: “I am very happy to return to the selection. I had spoken with Deschamps well before, I told him that I needed to work. I was very happy to go back there. It went well. I was very happy to be able to score with the France team. I return to Marseille with a lot of enthusiasm, the desire to do well, to move forward,” he first indicated.

“We have the players to be able to do this job”

Afterwards, he spoke about his coach Roberto de Zerbi and his ideas for the game: “He is a coach who has a fairly atypical game, who knows what he wants to do, who has a very precise idea of ​​the game he wants to put in place. I understood the principles of the game, it's true that it requires a lot of concentration, understanding, adaptation. We have the players to be able to do this work. There have been a lot of new players, we need more cohesion, but I am convinced that we will play in the way desired by the coach, especially at the Vélodrome“. Finally, he leaned into his position in midfield under De Zerbi's orders: “Play right central midfielder? It's not more difficult, it makes me play differently. On the left, I am more easily on my left foot, something I will do less on the right. The coach asks for a possession game, we are less likely to project ourselves as a relay midfielder. The coach prefers to have an inversion of the feet compared to the lower positions, higher up I can also go to the left during the match, he does not mind. Deschamps prefers to make me play on the left, I'm more used to it“. The message is clear, you have to know how to adapt with De Zerbi, and everything will be fine!

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