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2020-02-22T23:14:46.667Z


Logically beaten by Nantes (1-3), Saturday at the Vélodrome, the Marseillais were too insignificant to hope for another outcome. A booster shot for the dolphin of the PSG, less flamboyant these days and dropped by its taulers against the Canaries, and this while a trip to Nîmes ...


Christian Vadèle, in Marseille,

It had been hanging in OM's nose for a while already, less impressive collectively and individually despite several favorable results. The defeat was remembered by the men of André Villas-Boas, Saturday afternoon against Nantes (1-3), putting an end to almost four months of invincibility punctuated by fourteen championship games. This time, there was no flash of genius from Dimitri Payet nor a miracle parade signed Steve Mandanda to maintain the pace and the gap on the pack of pursuers. The master played an extremely lackluster performance, while the last bastion made a blunder that no longer looks like him, after being abandoned by his defense on the opening of the score for Anthony Limbombe then mystified by a love of hitting by Kader Bamba. Lille, however dominated a week earlier in its lair (1-2), took the opportunity to melt nine lengths in favor of a success over Toulouse (3-0).

Faced with unexpected quarrels disputed in a Vélodrome which posted its second best affluence of the season (60,430 spectators), the Marseillais did not panic. They keep an authentic margin of maneuver which allows them to envisage the next events with serenity. But this return to earth remains in their throats, as they have been too little in a position to worry Alban Lafont and so much the 4-4-2 deployed by Christian Gourcuff has caused them concern. "We came across a good team from Nantes, well organized, come to play the shots against," notes, helpless, Mandanda. We didn't have a lot of offensive situations; behind, we were very feverish. We logically lose this match. ” "We have not been able to put aggressiveness, the extra soul of the last matches," adds Morgan Sanson, author of a splendid goal with a curled strike at the dawn of the opponent's surface.

"We must regain victory as quickly as possible and win in Nîmes."

André Villas-Boas

Villas-Boas wanted to continue to chain positive results and "make a series of three victories" in order to quickly take shelter and start working on next season. Above all, he will have to work to relaunch his troops, to oil a seriously seized collective again, to find solutions within a reduced workforce, to heal confidence. The advance built on the competition leaves him time. But the Portuguese turns out to be a perfectionist. He believes he has roasted too many jokers: "We must regain victory as quickly as possible and win in Nîmes", he intimate. A message that resonates within the locker room. “We fall, but we must continue, raise our heads, work and chain the matches. I'm not worried. One, we have a small margin; two, we have a quality group, we must not be put down, ”insists Mandanda. "It's a good reminder for the three months of competition that will remain and which will be tough," adds Alvaro Gonzalez, who saw his invincibility in Ligue 1 end with this hitch. We would all have signed up to be 2nd at this point in the season. We will need a victory in Nîmes. There is a good gap, but we have to keep it by winning our games at home to reach our goal, the Champions League. ” The Spaniard and his partners should not leave too many points on the way ...

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Source: lefigaro

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