After OM’s success in Lorient, this Sunday at the end of the fifteenth day of Ligue 1 (2-4), Gennaro Gattuso criticized the state of mind of his team. The Marseille coach regrets having seen his players less sharp after their excellent start to the match in Morbihan.
A rant while his team leads 4-1 away… Gennaro Gattuso shook his troops at the break during Lorient-OM, this Sunday, at the end of the fifteenth day of Ligue 1. The Marseille coach did not appreciate the state of mind displayed by his players after their excellent start to the match at Moustoir. After quickly scoring three goals and creating a multitude of chances, the partners of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (author of a double) slowed down in Morbihan. And the Merlus, who reduced the score thanks to Romain Faivre and Benjamin Mendy (2-4), thought they could take advantage.
Enough to seriously annoy Gattuso, who is demanding more consistency from his team, reduced to ten at the end of the match after the exclusion of Jonathan Clauss for a dangerous intervention.
“The difference between the two periods? It’s really difficult to explain. I told them that I wasn’t really happy. There are quite a few aspects that we need to improve. We finished this match with ten men. .. it’s our mentality that we must change,” said the Italian technician on Prime Video.
“We didn’t do the right thing”
While OM had a three-goal lead on the scoreboard, Gennaro Gattuso appeared at the edge of the field at the end of the first period. “Why was I angry at 3-0? There were lots of things that I didn’t like, it’s a question of mentality, I’ve been repeating it for several days, he justified himself. We really have to improve this aspect. Football is always difficult to explain. What I see is that we played very well and that things could change because we didn’t do the right thing in terms of mentality.”
Thanks to this victory in Lorient (its first away this season), Marseille now occupies sixth place in the standings and remains in the race for European places. The Olympians will now prepare for their trip to Brighton this Thursday, on the last day of the group stage of the Europa League (9 p.m.). With the objective of taking first place in group B from the English and qualifying directly for the round of 16. Without going through the roadblocks. Amine Harit’s teammates will then host Clermont next Sunday in L1 (5:05 p.m.). With the objective of fully satisfying their trainer, this time.