Traveling to Marseille, LOSC settled for a draw (1-1) thanks to a late equalizer. This is more than logical in the eyes of Bruno Genesio.
A real shock to end the year, LOSC faced Olympique de Marseille this Saturday, on the pitch at the Orange Vélodrome. Led by a pawn for many minutes, his men exulted in the equalizer from Bafodé Diakité's header at the end of the match. This was more than logical in the eyes of Bruno Genesio: “Ripped, that’s not the term I would use because from my point of view, that means it’s against the run of the game. Tonight (Saturday), it’s not against the run of the game. game, but well deserved »said the Lille technician at a press conference.
The latter, accustomed to his games, insisted on this point when he arrived in front of the media: « The feeling is mixed at the end of this match. There is the satisfaction of having come back to the score, but also a little frustration. I think there was a way to do better and we deserved better. It still remains very positive. »
The speech during the break? “At halftime, I simply asked to continue doing what was done well, very well done, so far, except once on goal. Effectiveness would come and we had to persist until we succeeded. This is what we did late. We could have done it in the game, but it happened from a set piece. I think that in the match, it was well deserved. »
Un pressing intense
During the game, LOSC carried out intense pressing to thwart Marseille's game plan: “We observe the opponents, I have people who work on it, we work on it. We chose to put a lot of density in the center because we knew that it was a team that placed a lot of emphasis on central ball exits. This was more successful for us and we recovered two/three balls on which we should have concluded. I think that made them doubt a lot, even if we conceded this goal. Afterwards, what was interesting was the use of the ball. I really liked her this evening (Saturday) »explained Bruno Genesio to the media.
He continues and concludes his press conference: “We had worked on things, even if we had little time between the match on Wednesday and this Saturday. We worked a lot on the video. I am lucky to have players who are good, receptive and who have an extraordinary state of mind”ended up greeting the Lille technician, happy with the face displayed by his men despite the little time given to recovery following the success acquired in the Champions League (3-2, SK Sturm Graz) during the week.
