Just three days after their cold shower in the Champions League with an elimination by Panathinaikos in the third preliminary round, OM snatched a draw in Metz this Friday, at the start of the second day of Ligue 1. Between the posts, the Kondogbia’s injury and the opposing stops, Marseille was again the victim of a bad luck that Marcelino does not understand.
Irrational. Three days after their elimination in the third preliminary round of the Champions League against Panathinaikos, OM are content with a draw on the lawn of Metz this Friday (2-2), opening the second day of Ligue 1. The club Olympian, already not spared in his double confrontation against the Greek club, was still bad luck in this meeting, between repeated posts, Kondogbia’s injury, opposing goal on a deflected shot…
“You may have bad luck one day, but find yourself in similar circumstances three days later…”
“I have been doing this job for quite a few years and I have rarely experienced such a thing, notes Marcelino at a press conference. In the space of three days, in two games … it is difficult to explain. We won one but it wasn’t enough (for qualifying), but today’s… it’s unbelievable to me that we didn’t get the three points. can have bad luck one day, but to find yourself in similar circumstances three days later… It’s difficult.”
How to restore confidence to players who seem stunned, despite a good overall performance (with the exception of a quarter of an hour of hesitation)? “We will reverse the trend, with work, with desire, as the players show. We can hardly ask for more, believes the OM technician. We were very superior to our rivals, we had much more chances. And our opponent penalizes us on practically nothing.”