Aligned in Nice (3-0) on Sunday for the 4th day of Ligue 1, Dimitri Payet enjoyed his first tenure of the season. The attacking midfielder of Olympique de Marseille hopes to settle in the eleven, even if it means accepting the instructions of Igor Tudor without flinching.
One could almost speak of a surprise at the announcement of the compositions. Substitute in the first three games, Dimitri Payet started the derby won against OGC Nice on Sunday. It is true that the Reunionese took advantage of the absence of Gerson, package due to injury. But coach Igor Tudor still had other choices in his squad. Suffice to say that the captain of Marseille Olympics savored.
Payet finally rewarded
Here he is now determined to settle in the eleven with work, an irreproachable state of mind and the denial of any tension. ” It’s been three weeks that I take my pain in patience and that obviously I want to playsaid Dimitri Payet in the mixed zone. Today I was given my chance, the goal was to have fun and be efficient, so I’m happy to be back on the pitch. A quarrel with Igor Tudor? The confusion, it is you who said that, not me. I don’t know if that revives me, I wasn’t dead. »
#OGCNOM Igor Tudor on the issue of Payet’s performance. The coach was dithyrambic on his captain’s match 😂😂😂
it’s okay we laugh a little anyway 😉@OM_Official #TeamOM pic.twitter.com/y9H70mR3bD— Karim Attab (@karimattab1) August 28, 2022
“ There were choices made by the coach, they must be respected. I’ve been working and waiting for a month. So obviously, when you are put on you have to be efficient. There is no Tudor-Payet problem, there is zero concern. These are choices, you have to respect them, he’s the boss. Whether I’m 36, 40 or 60, I will always want to be on the pitch. And the best way to be in the field is to work and that’s what I do “, Explained the playmaker, who may have ended up digesting his change of status.