Bertrand Latour, the sanction falls

The international break will have been good for Olympique de Marseille. Traveling to Lens, Saturday, on the occasion of the 12^e day of Ligue 1, OM won 3-1 at Bollaert, displaying a much more attractive face than two weeks ago against Auxerre at the Vélodrome. The Ciel et Blanc nevertheless showed some shortcomings, particularly in defense and Leonardo Balerdi did not help his case.

Criticized by his coach before the break for his lack of character, the central defender suffered the full brunt of Lens' attacks at the start of the match, regularly finding himself caught behind his back. The Argentinian international nevertheless showed himself to be more and more valuable throughout the match and contributed to the awakening of OM.

Bertrand Latour targeted

However, the damage was done for Bertrand Latour, who was very scathing with the Olympian captain.
“Leonardo Balerdi is an Argentinian international and captain of Olympique de Marseille. It's surprising »he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, attracting many negative comments in response.

Established at the heart of the Marseille defense, Leonardo Balerdi in any case still benefits from the confidence of his coach, Roberto de Zerbi, who did not hesitate to field him despite a very late return to the selection, with whom he was established against Peru. “ For me, he meets all the necessary conditions to be one of the center backs of the future in the selection,” said former defender Juan Simon, who played for AS Monaco and Strasbourg, about him.