Launched in the podium race, which will constitute the only objective of the next months, the Marseille club goes to Nice to try to find the way to victory after two frustrating games, against Lille in the Coupe de France and against Strasbourg in Ligue 1, And to continue to dig the gap on his pursuers. An important match while Nice points to 5th place 7 points from OM, but only two points from Lille (3rd) before the start of this 19th day.
Monstrous om outside
And the Marseillais have arguments to assert! Since the start of the season, OM has won all its matches out of its basis, with the exception of defeat in Strasbourg. A fairly incredible statistic, which has no equal in the five major championships. But this match against Nice is now a particular meeting, nourished by a recent boiling story, with the highlight of the invasion of the field and the match arrested in the season led by Jorge Sampaoli. A different match also according to ROBERTO DE ZERBI : “Yes, it’s a particular, unique match. We are going to play against a strong team. Thursday, Franck Haise left several of his usual holders on the bench. A week ago, when I was talking about Strasbourg, I said it was a strong team and it would be a difficult match, and that’s what happened. Sunday, it will be the same in Nice: it will be difficult for us, but also for them.“A match for which the Italian technician will be able to recover Amir Murillo and Valentin Rongier, back in the group.
Murillo and Rongier, two important returns in the Zerbi group
The referee at the heart of the debate?
After the match against Strasbourg, OM made it collectively known its fed up after the very many unfavorable decisions (45 % of OM matches are tainted with errors against OM this season). An attitude that worried in Nice, since the Aiglons published a press release to ask that the Marseille remarks did not affect the Sunday match. Let them be reassured, the referees are not the type to advantaging the Olympians this season. Roberto de Zerbi, after having announced his surprise about the French Riviera press release, explained that he only wanted justice: “I don’t want to make the victim. We are second in the standings because we deserve it. We deserved it on the field, we don’t want gifts, I already said it. I don’t want to win 1-0 games on a penalty that should not have been whistled. I don’t want injustices.“The performance of the referee tonight, Eric Wattellierwill be looked at very closely, on both sides.
-Nice intractable at home
The Aiglons, currently 5th in the championship, have once again been missing a European meeting, with an almost ridiculous defeat in Elsfsborg in Sweden on Thursday (1-0). They now occupy 35th place (out of 36 teams) in the Europa League. However, in Ligue 1, the Niçois are solid home with 5 wins and 3 draws this season. “”Our arguments are those of a team that has quality in its workforce, which is able to change the system, which must act. From the moment that is the case, we always pose problems to our opponents. As soon as we undergo, we are a friable team. If we want to win, we will have to act for 90 minutes, that does not mean only attacking, but if we only undergo, we will have difficulties. Let’s act“warns Franck smell.
The two teams have the arguments to worry the opponent. A match that smells of powder and that should book a beautiful show from the first minutes that will follow the flight from the famous local raptor, the aptly named Mèfi. A term that encourages, in Nice as in Provençal, to distrust. Good advice.
