William Saliba right side, a change of system with the return to a three-man defense at halftime: the coach of Olympique de Marseille, Jorge Sampaoli, made strong choices against Nice (1-4) this Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, but these turned into a fiasco… The technician defended himself at a press conference.
“Saliba on the right? In the absence of (Boubacar) Kamara and Pape (Gueye), who has not yet returned from the CAN, it was the best choice in my opinion compared to the Nice wingers who are also very good , especially Gouiri who often comes from that side”, first argued the Argentinian, without really admitting that the player on loan from Arsenal, rated 2/10 by the Maxifoot editorial staff (see the Debrief and NOTES), lived a nightmare.
The Phocaean also remained straight in his boots regarding his change of system, which did not solve anything. “I made changes at half-time because we were losing. If the score had been 2-2, I certainly wouldn’t have made the same decisions. control of the game. Despite everything, we could have scored the 2-2 goal and we conceded this third goal just after which definitely made us lose control”, estimated the South American.