It’s off to a bad start for Adrien Rabiot

Welcomed as a big star and under smoke bombs by the Marseille public, Adrien Rabiot (29 years old) had missed the Olympico on the lawn of Groupama Stadium and had to wait again to take his first steps, he who had not played since the 9 last July and the semi-final of Euro 2024, against Spain (1-2). But to everyone’s surprise, the ex-Parisian was present in the group for the trip to Strasbourg this Sunday (0-1) and was able to make his debut to quickly replace Ismaël Koné after the hour mark, victim of a injury.

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“He was supposed to play less than thirty minutes, but Koné’s injury, which took a hit, accelerated things”justified Roberto De Zerbi, after the meeting. It was therefore in the 62nd minute that Adrien Rabiot was able to celebrate his first in the OM jersey, less than two weeks after his surprise signing. Launched into the deep end after only a week of collective training, the ex-Juventus captain positioned himself alongside Geoffrey Kondogbia, on the left axis of the Marseille midfielder.

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Adrien Rabiot interesting, but…

Although he was applauded by the Marseille squad present at the Meinau stadium, Adrien Rabiot was unable to avoid Marseille’s first defeat of the season (1-0). However, he managed to quickly create a big scoring opportunity by finding Neal Maupay, who missed the equalizer in front of the opposing goalkeeper, Djordje Petrovic (64th). The French international also had a 100% percentage of successful passes and 2 duels won, but on a physical level, Rabiot had more difficulty.

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Warned for a foul on Ismaël Doukouré (75th), Adrien Rabiot had more difficulty at the end of the match in the duels and was sometimes at fault on the Alsatian counter-attacks, but this remains very encouraging for 30 minutes of play and Roberto De Zerbi was satisfied with his entry into play. “He is an important player, he made a good start, but he is not yet 100%, not yet ready to start a match”he indicated. It could be launched longer in front of the public at the Vélodrome, starting next Friday against SCO Angers.