A long match to deliver its verdict but, in the end, a big victory against Rennes without conceding a single goal (3-0). And above all a qualification for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, a private competition since the previous round of the cannibal Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG), released by its neighbor Paris FC.
Tuesday February 3, in its Stade-Vélodrome, Olympique de Marseille (OM) avoided the implosion that had been predicted since its incredible elimination in the Champions League less than a week earlier in Bruges (0-3). And the club even offers itself the right to dream, at least until the next round of “the oldest” – the draw will take place on Thursday – of finally winning a trophy at the end of the season.
However, bad omens were accumulating above Marseille. The draw (2-2) conceded in the last minutes of the match against Paris FC three days earlier, further confirming the emotional instability of a team at the end of nightmarish matches… These bloodshed between players in training judged “normal” by the coach, Roberto De Zerbi, increasingly annoyed by press criticism. And then this double coincidence of calendar and opponent: in 2021, wasn’t the OM training center invaded at the very end of January by furious supporters, causing the departure of the president, Jacques-Henri Eyraud? And hadn’t this brutal assault occurred a few hours before the reception at… Stade Rennais?
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