The Marseille coach delivers his analysis after the rout against PSG on Sunday evening (0-3), at the Vélodrome, during the ninth day of Ligue 1.
His analysis of the meeting : “We lacked courage, personality before the red card (Harit in the 20th) although that is what we had prepared. I’m sorry, it’s not the match we had in mind. We can lose, but we cannot play without courage or personality when we have the OM jersey, whether it is the players or the coach.
Amine Harit’s red : “I’m not going to talk about it, you be the judge. Did he make his decision when he saw the marks on the sides (of Marquinhos)? That would be insane. That’s not what football is… I’m not going to talk about it any more so as not to be sanctioned.”
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I’m not afraid of losing, but afraid of playing badly… or not playing.
The missed start of the match before the expulsion : “I didn’t like the first 20 minutes. I think we would have entered the match without the red. But we will have to analyze the start of the match. I don’t want people to be afraid, I don’t like it. I’m not afraid of losing, but afraid of playing badly… or not playing.”
A return of Chancel Mbemba which could help OM : “Maybe, but we made our choices and we continue with what we decided.” (NB: the Marseille defender has been sidelined since the start of the season)
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Playing as a protagonist at OM is special, it’s not the same as in other clubs. We must assume this responsibility, otherwise we can change clubs.
Roberto DeZerbi
Fourth red card for OM this season and the management of emotions : “I don’t know… We need to review this notion of red, it doesn’t go with the direction of the show. It was already strange in Nice and this evening I don’t understand… It doesn’t just happen at OM. After 20 minutes in a Classic, I don’t understand but if it’s like that, we’ll adapt to the rules. Leonardo Balerdi’s CSC? We can say everything about him except that he plays without personality. We can always improve the emotional aspect. We set the bar very high this season. More responsibilities this season, more expectations too. Playing as a protagonist at OM is special, it’s not the same as in other clubs. We must assume this responsibility, otherwise we can change clubs.
Mason Greenwood replaced at the break : “Why did he go out? I didn’t like the way he played. He had a bad evening, giving us a lot of goals and points. But if we want to fight for objectives at OM, to fight for the title, we have to push in every match. You can’t have a good performance, score two goals and have a slump. Mason remains a good player, a good guy but I expected more from him. In general, I always expect more in any case.”
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