Marcelino García Toral will stop being the coach of Olympique de Marseille. The Asturian coach, signed this summer for the French team, informed the squad this Tuesday that he is resigning and will not continue on the bench, according to L’Équipe. He will not even sit in this Thursday’s game against Ajax: the person in charge of doing so will be Jean-Pierre Papin.
The French team has not lost yet this season but the start has not gone as expected. The last draw against Toulouse at home, together with the previous one against Nantes away from the Velodrome, have caused the ultras of the Côte d’Azur entity to explode because of everything they have experienced in the last year. AND The spotlight also points to the president of the entity, also from Asturias Pablo Longoria, who is currently in the center of the target of the followers.. In fact, lThe French media already take his departure for granted..
The fans They complain, among other reasons, about the loss of identity of a team that no longer has clear leaders or players who had the support of the stands like Payet, Mandanda and Guendouzi. The latter addresses Lazio in the last week of the market.
The president of the entity is being harshly criticized for this loss of names, but it is not the only reason and, according to L’Equipe, on the day of This Monday a meeting was held between the sports management of Olympique de Marseille and the ultras of the French team. At that meeting the position of the followers was very clear and they asked for Pablo Longoria to leave as soon as possible, even with threats. According to Marca, in the same meeting Marcelino García Toral was not there, nor anyone from the Asturian coach’s staff, who has also received a lot of criticism since the elimination in the Champions League qualifier against a weak Panathinaikos. Even the ultras highlighted that Marcelino had done little merit to have such a project far from Spain and that his arrival on the bench is due more to a friendship with Longoria.
The knockout in European competition dynamited the quiet start to the season that Marcelino was looking for, who was the focus of criticism despite his 9 points out of 15, even ahead of PSG. The bad game, the money lost due to elimination in the Champions League and the lack of forcefulness in the matches They also pointed to his figure on the bench. The situation was also complicated considering that the next two games are against PSG and Monaco, both away.
For its part, according to L’Equipe, the 4 resignations demanded by the followers in addition to that of Marcelino himself would be those of the aforementioned Pablo Longoria (president), Javier Ribalta (football director), Stéphane Tessier (administrative and financial director) and Pedro Iriondo (general director).
2023-09-19 12:59:25
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