Olympique de Marseille led in the score but finally lost to Lille (1-2) on Saturday evening, almost giving up on second place directly qualifying for the Champions League. The Marseillais expressed their regrets after the meeting.
There are defeats that stay a little more in the throat than others. Olympique de Marseille hoped to put pressure on Lens, second in Ligue 1, by going to win on Saturday evening on the lawn of Lille, which is also playing and fighting for European places. But OM, after opening the scoring, were beaten 2-1 and almost gave up on second place, directly qualifying for the Champions League.
“This defeat will certainly be expensive, admitted Valentin Rongier at the microphone of Canal + after the meeting. Because we came here to win, to put pressure on Lens. We failed tonight, we are angry, we have to “We see what went wrong, but I feel like we lost control of the game, because we weren’t put in too much danger in the first half.”
“We did not show a beautiful face of Marseille”
Jordan Veretout, another Marseille midfielder, shared a similar analysis a few moments earlier. “We did not show a beautiful face from Marseille, we got moved, we deserve what is happening to us tonight, he also assured Canal +. We have two weeks left to finish with two victories. “
After the fatalistic report, the two players wanted to keep a bit of hope as long as all is not lost. “We know it’s going to be difficult now, but we’re going to fight until the end,” promised Jordan Veretout. “It’s never over as long as mathematically everything is possible, we will believe in it until the end”, added Rongier who recognizes that the Marseillais “hoped for much better” and are “disappointed as competitors.”