Hope can keep you alive, but statistics quickly bring you back to reality. Still in the running to qualify for a European Cup, OM needed two victories in two games to save a chaotic season. Problem is, these two matches were played away from home, where the Marseillais have only won twice since the start of the season.
So, there were no real surprises on Wednesday evening in Reims, where the Phocaeans lost once again (1-0). To hope to obtain European qualification, Marseille will now have to win at Le Havre (still away, so you know the rest) on Sunday and hope for a misstep from at least one of their direct opponents. As a result, at the end of the match in Champagne, things were grimacing among the Marseillais.
“We were bad”
“I feel a sense of shame. Once again, the away team was not up to par with Olympique de Marseille,” lamented OM coach Jean-Louis Gasset. We had the opportunity to open a door to Europe, but once again, we were bad. I can’t understand why players opposite who aren’t playing anything are more aggressive than us. »
Same feeling among THE big satisfaction of the season, the Argentinian defender Leo Balerdi, who let go a little among our colleagues at Prime Video: “There is no explanation. We are not up to the task. I don’t know. The supporters, the club, deserve much better. We have to admit that we did shit. You have to win the last match for self-esteem, and that’s it. »