Clearly beaten by Lille (1-3) this Friday in Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille has most likely said goodbye to qualification for the Champions League. Midfielder Jordan Veretout was annoyed by the Phocaeans’ insufficient performance.
OM could keep their heads above water by winning in Lille this Friday, but it was a complete failure. Because on the contrary, having missed its subject in the North (1-3), Jean-Louis Gasset’s gang suffered a fourth setback in all competitions, each time by a two-goal difference (1-3 against Villarreal , then 0-2 against Rennes and PSG).
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At the microphone of Prime Video, Marseille midfielder Jordan Veretout at least had the lucidity to recognize the more than mediocre performance of his team. “Today we were bad, analyzed the former Nantes player. We must not hide, we must stop giving ourselves excuses. We wanted to hope for something… It is far too insufficient this evening. They We were beaten, we give them goals… we don’t have the right. When you’re Olympique de Marseille, when you have ambitions, you don’t have the right to play the match we did tonight. It’s a defeat that hurts a lot,” he conceded.
No excuse for Veretout
Despite the major absentees (Chancel Mbemba, Amir Murillo and Jonathan Clauss in defense, Valentin Rongier in the middle, Ismaïla Sarr up front…), Veretout believes that OM has the qualities to claim much better. “We must also stop hiding behind the injured. We have a squad which is built at the start of the season. If the players are here, it is because they have the abilities, judged the French international. Now we must raising the level is too insufficient. We cannot have a good match, an average match and two draws. Everyone must ask themselves the right questions, question themselves, because it is not worthy of OM this evening.”
Quite explicitly, the former AS Roma player considered that this poor performance destroyed the hopes of a top 4, synonymous with the Champions League next season. “When we lose against a direct competitor… we could come back to within four points of them tonight and have a crazy end to the season. Now 10 points… what can I say… We’re going to work hard, first prepare Thursday’s match (Europa League quarter-final first leg against Benfica, editor’s note) which is important for us and afterward, we will have to go for points in the league. We must wear our jerseys and respect our supporters,” concluded Veretout.
There are six days left for the Marseillais to change their face, before challenging the Lisbonites. Because with a performance like that, OM may not hope for much in C3. Nor in L1, for that matter.
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2024-04-05 21:40:20
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