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At the bottom of the hole in the Champions League, OM have dug further

2020-11-27T11:30:21.741Z


The Olympian club achieved a new record of defeats in a row in the queen of European competitions, losing for the 13th consecutive time, against Porto (0-2).


"Forever the first!"

This maxim, originally designating the fact that Marseille will forever remain the first French club to have won the Champions League one fine day in May 1993, has not failed to be hijacked on social networks since Wednesday evening and the setback conceded against Porto (0-2).

Either the 13th in a row in the continental competition, which erases Anderlecht's sad record and its 12 consecutive defeats.

A “performance” that the Olympians will therefore also forever be the first to achieve.

By putting it in the style with a quality of play of a formidable mediocrity and individualities of a confusing weakness, giving the impression of young adolescents discovering adult football.

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"Nothing smiles on us in this competition."

Andre Villas-Boas

Yet when asked if the Champions League wasn't just too big for his modest team, Andre Villas-Boas tried to bulge out his chest: “These are too harsh words.

I do not believe.

We have players who have a lot of experience, who are good.

But nothing smiles on us in this competition. "

Unlucky this OM?

Yes, a little on Wednesday night's game with the post found by Dario Benedetto and a first goal conceded on an unfortunate combination of circumstances.

But overall, the lack of "pussy" dear to tennis player Benoit Paire is a false argument, reflecting poorly the abysmal weakness of Marseille's game in the Champions League.

A cruel statistic is enough to realize it: OM are the only team not to have scored a goal in four matches this season.

In a group, what is more, affordable, not for qualification but at least to offer another face.

Manchester City are in full doubt, Porto are only 4th in their league and Olympiakos is not a terror ...

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Despite this, OM cannot do it.

Offensively, Benedetto remains this scoreless striker scored this season, in all competitions.

Florian Thauvin does not realize any difference, Dimitri Payet is more than an intermittent of the spectacle confined to the sidelines, Luis Henrique is characterized more by his shyness ball to the foot than by his sharp initiatives ... gloubi-boulga ”football without flavor, that recurring defensive errors come each time a little more lead.

With 9 goals conceded, Marseille turns to more than two goals conceded per game and the only Steve Mandanda can not close all the gaps.

So what can we hope for for the Marseille club on December 1st, when the time comes to welcome Olympiakos to the Vélodrome?

To say that when he arrived, McCourt wanted to win the Champions League ...

“The Europa League is not a bonus, planned Villas-Boas.

We can still be 3rd with 4 or 6 points.

It's been tough so far.

But we will see, we will at least try to come out of this competition well, with a good image.

In any case what remains of it. "

How far are the days when Frank McCourt said he wanted to win this Champions League one day at the head of OM.

A team today reduced to fighting for crumbs, with the fear that this 13th defeat, and the record which accompanies it, does not act like a trauma: “We have hit rock bottom.

We had already touched him in Porto but this time, we gave everything, there was motivation.

Afterwards, yes, this defeat can leave traces even if in the championship, our course remains good and intact. "

It is true that with two games late, OM could, in the event of a double over Lens and Nice, come back to Paris SG.

And failing to compete with the capital club in the title race, the podium remains a possible goal.

With the key to a new qualification for the Champions League.

And a new finding of helplessness like a trip to the end of hell?   

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Source: lefigaro

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