Ligue 1, after Marseille – Nantes (2-0) – “This match, a month ago, we lost”: OM have become solid again

Jean-Louis Gasset is already in the history of OM. Thanks to his team’s victory against Nantes (2-0), he became the first coach in 62 years to win his first 5 matches with Olympique de Marseille. However, the first emotion that crossed OM’s new brain after the meeting was neither pride nor satisfaction. More like relief.

“It was the fifth match in 18 days, I knew we were going to suffer physicallywas able to whisper the Olympian coach at the microphone of Prime Video after the meeting. Against Villarreal, we pressed a good part of the match, so three days later, it’s very, very hard to return (energy, editor’s note). (…) We didn’t do very well, but we maintained the dynamic.“Like his assistant Ghislain Printant, who was very tense throughout the match, the new OM coach was dreading this match which had all the makings of a trap.

Sunday evening, however, success had chosen its side. It was the Marseille camp. Everything went ideally for the blunt Olympians after their demonstration in the Europa League last Thursday. “We didn’t have enough gas in the car to play well. Leading 1-0 allowed us to move back a little, and our scorer scores the second, he is the one who completely protects us. (…) Behind, we had a heroic match.” The word is strong, but it testifies to the new mentality born from the arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset at the Commanderie.

“The people who were there before me told me: ‘This match, a month ago, we lost.’, slipped the latter. Today, what we wanted was: to be solid and united.” Bet won for the Marseillais who emerge from this 25th day full of confidence, as they approach a series of crucial matches for the rest of the season. In addition to the return match in the round of 16 at Villarreal on Thursday, looming the horizon of confrontations with Stade Rennes, PSG, Lille and Nice.We all want to win the Champions League“, repeated Quentin Merlin at the end of the meeting.

“If we had missed the march this evening, we would have said: ‘The effect is over‘”, also confided Jean-Louis Gasset at a press conference, in office since February 20. “We had to surpass ourselves. The other teams that played Europe were hooked.” Sunday evening, OM succeeded in their success. Without putting on a flamboyant spectacle, they showed opportunism. To gain three precious points, they relied on their solidarity and their state of mind. This one- the same place we lost track of not three weeks ago.