The day after OM's defeat against PSG (0-3) during the Classic on Sunday evening at the Vélodrome stadium, former Marseille defender Eric Di Meco castigated, on RMC, the attitude of Roberto De Zerbi's players.
The seasons follow one another and are similar for OM, still unable to beat their Parisian rival at home. This Monday morning on RMC, Eric Di Meco returned to the defeat of Olympique de Marseille against PSG (0-3) during the Classic at the end of the 9th day of Ligue 1. The former left back Marseille said he was “frustrated, disappointed and even angry” by the performance of the Olympians. Particularly during the first twenty minutes: “The followers thought that the gap had narrowed. But when we look at what happened, they (the Parisians) were in the spirit. They were there to hurt at OM, in the game but also in the impact OM trotted for 20 minutes”, regrets the left-hander.
“We oversold the level of OM”
The stats are merciless. The Marseille team has not beaten its rival for 13 years at the Vélodrome in Ligue 1 and has not scored a single goal against the Parisians in front of its home crowd for seven years. “It’s terrible,” sighs Eric Di Meco. “We may have oversold this match or even the level of OM. With De Zerbi and the recruitment, we thought the mayonnaise would take off. We thought it was going to be a high-level match.” Error.
Eric Di Meco therefore completely understands the supporters who left the Vélodrome stadium even before the end of the first period: “I had friends at home. If I had been alone, I would have gone to bed halfway through. -time. I understand that there were people who wanted to leave the stadium This morning, I saw images of a man who took the plane, who came from the other end. from France to watch the match. He was leaving at half-time.”
The players, primarily responsible
And the ex-international once again charges the failing state of mind of the Marseille players: “When you are a football player, you have a duty. You can be average in a match like that but at the level of the state of mind, you cannot propose what you proposed for twenty minutes The debate on the referee does not interest me, at least directly (on the red card for Harit We oversold this). OM team The players are always primarily responsible. The coach puts a framework in place. But on the pitch, you have the right to take the initiative and do something other than what the coach asked you. Each time Paris has been bothered since the start of the season when teams have been aggressive, with high pressure. Why doesn't OM do that?”
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