Coming into play in Strasbourg (1-0 defeat) on Sunday, Adrien Rabiot made his debut with Olympique de Marseille during the 6th day of Ligue 1. The midfielder spent almost half an hour on the field and has already shown encouraging, even exciting, signs for supporters.
Adrien Rabiot was unable to avoid defeat in Strasbourg, the first for Olympique de Marseille this season. But his individual performance did not go unnoticed. For his debut under the Marseille colors, the midfielder who arrived free appeared in the 62nd minute to compensate for the injury of Ismaël Koné. Result, despite a late intervention which earned him a yellow card, the former Paris Saint-Germain player impressed.
His technical accuracy was particularly evident in his deep opening for striker Neal Maupay, who ultimately came up against goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic. No decisive pass for the moment, but already nice compliments from journalist Johan Honnet. “ The difference with the other players, that is to say that when he comes in, even when he sometimes found himself on the right side, which is not his side, his ball catches and The intensity he puts into his controls, his handling of the ball and his forward movement to then trigger passes, that immediately makes the difference », Commented the journalist from BFM Marseille Provence.
“You watch and you learn”
« The pass he makes for Neal Maupay, I don’t know if it’s in one or two touches, it’s a slick gesture which is perfectly in Maupay’s path. It’s a caviar for Maupay, I think it’s his first or one of his first ballsremembered Johan Honnet. So that makes all the difference, it’s a class difference. For good, I only want to see Hojbjerg and Rabiot in the middle, we don’t talk about it anymore, we close the shop and the others watch and you learn. » When the French international is at 100%, competition will indeed have difficulty existing.
