Before moving on the lawn of Troyes, this Sunday at 5:05 p.m., Jorge Sampaoli was present at a press conference. The opportunity for the Argentinian OM technician to come back to the Dimitri Payet-Arkadiusz Milik association. A duo which does not necessarily seem compatible in the eyes of the Marseille coach who, as such, did not hide that his two players were ultimately rather, in his mind, in competition for the position of number 9.
“When you make the eleven, the collective is more important than trying to put two players on the field, even if they are two important players in the last 30 meters. I think Dimitri’s best position is number 9 because he loses his abilities a bit on the side. There is a collective operation that is above that placing two days in the field. Milik is very important in finishing. The easiest thing for me would be to put the big names in the field, but there is a collective functioning to be found (…) You may not agree with me, but there is complementarity to be found. » An exit which could in particular explain the use made by Sampaoli of the Polish striker.
