A (big) surprise.
While starting as the big favorite against FC Annecy this Wednesday evening, during the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, Olympique de Marseille was eliminated after a long penalty shootout (2-2, 6-7 at tabs).
This defeat is a real disappointment for the Phocaeans who had made competition one of their goals - with qualification for the next edition of the Champions League - at the end of the season.
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For
La Provence
"it was "Leo Balourdi""
And the Marseille press was quick to attack Igor Tudor's men.
"
Shame
", title in La Provence, for which "
disillusion is total
".
In its columns, the regional daily attacks in particular Leonardo Balerdi - nicknamed "Leo Balourdi" -, little to his advantage this Wednesday evening: "
Thank you once again to the overpriced Leo Balerdi who, after having been involved in the two Savoyard goals, managed not to find the frame on his shot on goal.
The Argentinian was cataclysmic.
Yesterday, OM did hara-kiri (it rhymes with Balerdi).
Professional misconduct
,” it read.
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“
For some, it's quite simply the worst day of their life as an OM supporter.
»
The Phocaean
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La Marseillaise
indicates in One that Olympique de Marseille "
falls from above
".
She specifies that “
the disillusionment is immense
”.
For
Le Phocéen
, this elimination is "
the worst humiliation
".
“
For some, it's quite simply the worst day of their life as an OM supporter.
And yet it's been a while since they passed the framework of adolescence.
Humiliations, by following this club, we are familiar with it.
Outings against National 2 teams, it happened more than once.
But there, it is surely worse
, ”explains the online media.
In addition,
L'Équipe
, which produced its front page on Just Fontaine, who died this Wednesday at the age of 89, explains, with a touch of humor, that Annecy was "
heroic
" and that Marseille is "
at the bottom of the lake
”.
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When OM eliminated Paris SG in the Coupe de France (2-1)
