“It's Marseille, baby!
Florian Thauvin was not surprised by the procession of scooters which accompanied the Marseille bus to the Vélodrome on Saturday before the victory against Bordeaux (3-1).
Michaël Cuisance, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"He was pleasantly surprised, he really liked this fervor", confides a close friend of the young French midfielder of 21 years.
Cuisance is aware of the importance of the first match of the Champions League, this Wednesday evening (9 p.m.), against Olympiakos: “It's been seven years since OM have not played in the Champions League, recalls he.
We will do our best to represent the city.
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The player on loan from Bayern Munich feels ready to participate in the Marseillais' comeback in the Champions League.
Certainly, he attended the title of the Munich (against PSG) from the sidelines on August 23.
But André Villas-Boas is counting on him and believes that he delivered a “very good performance” against Bordeaux, in a position of No. 10 to which he is not used.
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“Michaël has an above average technique, an excellent left foot which allows him to play short or long, describes Bernard Diomède, who made him play as a torchbearer in the French youth team.
He has an ability to come down, suck the opponent and stretch the middle lines.
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“Michael is a modern player, complete, who gives density and puts a lot of impact.
It also has a large margin of progress, “greeted a source from Marseille.
According to the latter, his recruitment “immediately reached a consensus” between Pablo Longoria, the sports director, and André Villas-Boas.
The Portuguese coach explained to the player that he appreciated "his ability to make the game more fluid" and assured him that he would have playing time, provided he "showed up in training".
"He's a boy with character, a lot of confidence in his potential"
This will be the case, promises Jean-Robert Faucher, director of the hopes center of Nancy and coach of Cuisance in U14 and U15: “He often wanted to train twice, with the two promotions.
And as soon as a teacher was absent, he would come to the gymnasium to do small ball, technical work against the wall.
Michaël Cuisance has always been ambitious, which has sometimes taken him away from the field: at 16, he had an almost blank season because he refused to sign the contract offered by Nancy.
In 2018, he left the eleven of Mönchengladbach after going to play in Euro U19 against the advice of his coach.
"He's a boy with character, a lot of confidence in his potential," observes Jean-Robert Faucher.
He finds it hard to bear the fact of not playing, he asserts himself!
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For now, everything is going well at OM: "The integration of Michaël was easy, it stuck particularly well with Florian Thauvin, confides a close to the locker room.
Looks like he's been there for a long time.
“It only remains for him to be decisive to win the hearts of the supporters.