Zakaria sparks, Garcia sees his tenacity rewarded and Manzambi comes out of the woodwork – rts.ch

He had been shelved at the beginning of the summer, asked to look elsewhere. On September 22 against Lyon, Ulisses Garcia nevertheless emerged in the middle of the night, as a Marseille hero, with Pau Lirola and Jonathan Rowe, to turn the “Olympics” shock around (3-2). Having arrived on the Canebière in January, and having been pushed around a lot by the media since then, the Genevan has never given up and has therefore seen his tenacity rewarded last weekend. The long sobs of the violins of autumn have no hold on him who launched OM towards a new success in L1 by scoring 2-1. His strike – intended or not, it doesn’t matter… – made Roberto De Zerbi and the Marseille bench jump for joy.

Having arrived in June, the Italian coach initially wanted to do without the services of the former Bernese this season. Through hard work, Garcia was able to turn opinion around to first have his chance, then demonstrate that yes, despite a difficult spring, he can definitely be of service (and even more) to a team that is experiencing a gigantic start to the season. His mentality has been rewarded.

“Seeing the sincere joy of all his teammates, who rushed from the bench to embrace him on the pitch, there was a form of relief for the left-hander, always exemplary during his sidelining.“, notes L’Equipe. And a supporter added, on social networks: “Rowe, Lirola and Garcia: you will be eternally welcome at the Velodrome“.