Jean-Louis Gasset, who had preserved his players a little after the defeat against PSG, showed himself without concession this Friday after the rout of OM in Lille (3-1) at the opening of the 28th day of Ligue 1 To steal his group before the quarter-final of the Europa League against Benfica?
“The feeling that drives me? Anger. We had the opportunity, despite an up-and-down season, to be able to hope by having six championship matches afterwards. And we gave the match away, we only made gifts, we missed goals… we were rubbish.” This scathing observation was made by Jean-Louis Gasset this Friday, on Prime Video, after the defeat in the form of a rout against Lille (3-1) at the opening of the 28th day of Ligue 1.
After a frustrating setback against PSG, Marseille had no room for error to still hope for European qualification at the end of the season. “Against Paris I was frustrated because we had put the ingredients in place to make a great team doubt. This evening, we were eaten up, in the duels, in the desire, on the last 30 meters. We have situations that we have to finish, even in the first half. But it seems like we’re afraid… I don’t know what,” asks the Marseille coach.
Jean-Louis Gasset is not looking for excuses. On the other hand, he perhaps wants to pique his players at the dawn of the Europa League quarter-final against Benfica: “The injured, I never talk about them, there are 11 players playing. Of course there are important players who are not there but we will have to finish the season with these players, play the European Cup with these same players. We will need a rebellion. If we had taken points, we had a little hope and that “was already miraculous. We play it this way, we give it away, it’s shameful.”