Captain of OM, Leonardo Balerdi is in a good period of his season. But the Argentinian international, brilliant against Lille in the Coupe de France three days ago, had a bad evening on Sunday against Strasbourg.
Excellent in 2023-2024, Leonardo Balerdi took longer to find his best level this season. The Argentina international undoubtedly had some difficulty digesting his new status as captain. But for several weeks, Olympique de Marseille has found the right Leonardo Balerdi, as proven by his excellent performance against Lille on Wednesday evening in the Coupe de France. Unfortunately for him and for OM, the former Borussia Dortmund defender fell back into his ways on Sunday against Strasbourg.
In great difficulty against Emanuel Emegha, he was guilty of opening the Alsatian score. Beyond the game, the Marseille captain seemed very nervous, constantly provoking the opposing players and being very vindictive towards the referee during and after the match. A detestable attitude in the eyes of Ludovic Giuly, present in Marseille on Sunday evening with Free and who did not mince his words to criticize the OM defender.
“When he’s like that, he’s unbearable. He's a great defender, but when he's like that, looking for a fight, insulting the players all night long… The referee went to see him ten times to tell him to stop, pff… They're not good signs, a guy like that who is captain does not reassure his defense. You can do it another way. When he is focused, he is good on the man and his state of mind. But when he's like that, he's really unbearable.” commented the former Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco striker, who did not at all like the performance and attitude of the Olympian defender, who will have to make up for it next Sunday during a match which announces at least as hot against the Nice rival.
