Jean-Louis Gasset, new OM coach, refuted the hypothesis of a “Gasset effect” to explain Marseille’s victory against Shakhtar Donetsk. “It was above all a story of state of mind and confidence.
Each player had to do a little more and get back to basics. For 48 hours, I tried to be positive and simple with my words, to relax them,” he said. ‘I came here often and dreamed of this atmosphere and this communion,’ he added.