Axel Allag, Media365, published on Friday November 8, 2024 at 11:53 p.m.
Adrien Rabiot, at the end of the match lost by OM (1-3) generally shared the same observation as his teammate Quentin Merlin at half-time: the players of the Marseille club were not up to the task against the promoted side. .
OM fell from a height and confirmed their difficulties in an Orange Vélodrome that was really not spoiled this season. It's quite simple, with the exception of the difficult success against Nice on September 14 (2-0), the supporters did not see Marseille win with two draws against Reims (2-2) and Angers ( 1-1) then two losses suffered against PSG (0-3) then Auxerre (1-3). This Friday evening, after 45 minutes, the Marseille club was led 0-3 by an ambitious promotion and the words were already pouring in for a disappointed Quentin Merlin (at the microphone of DAZN).
Merlin at half-time: “We don’t represent Olympique de Marseille”
“We don't represent Olympique de Marseille. I can't understand what's going on but we just have to wake up, out of respect for the club and the supporters. It's not possible to do that, take 3-0 at home… we have to wake up”, called the man who did not have the time to translate his words into action because he was one of the three players replaced at half-time by Roberto De Zerbi, with Jonathan Rowe and Neal Maupay. If OM regained some hope thanks to the penalty converted by Mason Greenwood in the 65th minute of play, they ended up confirming their difficulties at home and receiving loud whistles in a very empty Orange Vélodrome.
Rabiot: “We see a different team when we play at home and away”
Adrien Rabiot, disappointed, then shared the same observation as that of his teammate regarding this OM really not on the right track. “The public is normal. When we are OM, we can't do a performance like that at home. As much, when we do things well, they are behind us and they push us, so here they have pushed the whole match. In the end they are not happy, it's normal we say it to each other, the coach knows it too, we deserve these whistles.
“We see a different team when we play at home and away, it's not normal. We play in front of a crowd that pushes us, we have 65,000 people behind us. We have to work on that. Today today, it's unworthy”, could only highlight the 2022 world vice-champion. From now on, we will have to “simply get back to work”, for an OM far from the mark. “We cannot play like that and lose at home against Auxerre when we have different objectives. They are there to play for survival, we are there to play for the title, qualification for the Ligue des champions. Tonight was a day without and it was unworthy of the goals we have at Olympique de Marseille.
An Olympique de Marseille who will have to take advantage of the international break to get their heads back on track because they will have to travel to Lens from November 23 and, above all, host AS Monaco in an Orange Vélodrome which we imagine under tension December 1st.
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