OM have undoubtedly said goodbye to the European Cup for next year. Beaten again yesterday (1-0), in Reims this time which has nothing left to play at the end of the season, the Olympian club has once again highlighted its limits in this 2023/2024 financial year which will have been painful from the start at the end. As is often the case, almost always even away from home, the Marseillais missed their point. On the eve of this 34th and final day of Ligue 1, they are 8th, three points behind OL and Lens.
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They no longer have their destiny in their hands to be European next year. They will have to win at Le Havre on Sunday, which in itself already constitutes a small achievement for this 17th away team (only 2 victories this season in the league away from home), and hope for missteps from Lens and Lyon who, respectively, receive Montpellier and Strasbourg. The coaches change (4 different ones this season) but the problems remain. Once again, it was excitement that won the Olympian ranks.
Read OM: the huge rant of Leonardo Balerdi and Jean-Louis Gasset
Kondogbia sank with the other executives
“Once again, the team was not up to the task of OM away from home, it lasted before me, with me… It’s the same, incomprehensible, we have the balls to lead, to equalize , things that can change the match… and we never make that effort” underlined Gasset after the meeting, who no longer believes in a continental destiny. “We had to do the work and we didn’t do it. It’s disappointment, not anger, I would have liked to leave Marseille in the European Cup, to finish 6th, there was the opportunity. I can’t understand how people who don’t play anything to their face are more aggressive than us.”
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Anger as much as disappointment could be seen on the players’ faces yesterday after the final whistle. Marseille never existed in this match at Auguste-Delaune. Sick for several days, Aubameyang was never able to weigh in, any more than Kondogbia, symbol of the new sinking of his team yesterday. The captain seemed completely overwhelmed by events yesterday. Suffering under the opposing pressure, he was heckled by a much more mobile and enterprising Munetsi. Provence gave him a stinging 1.5, The team gave it a 2.
Balerdi: “It’s a reflection of our entire season”
All the executives missed out. OM could hope for nothing in these conditions, having already been at the limit for several weeks. “There is no excuse, the people responsible are not the various coaches, it is us, the players who were not up to par”decided a particularly busy Pau Lopez on Wednesday evening. “The fans and the club deserve bettersaid Balerdi for his part. It’s a reflection of our entire season. We did m… Now, we still have to win the last match, just for our self-esteem. And it will be over.” That will make everyone feel better.
Pub. 05/16/2024 08:55 Updated 05/16/2024 09:23
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