OM had the opportunity to take off, again on OGC Nice and push back Rennes, third, to six points. But for that, it was necessary to beat a Troyes, which is playing its survival in Ligue 1. After a match unworthy of the club that is OM, the Trojans came back in the dying minutes, but for Jorge Sampaoli, OM mastered …
After a well-paid qualification in the middle of the week against Qarabag, in Baku, Olympique de Marseille found its daily bread with the championship this Sunday, at 5 p.m., in Aube, against Troyes, 20th in Ligue 1. Beyond of the long trip between Azerbaijan and France, we still thought that OM had a great opportunity to put Nice at three points and Rennes at six.
In addition to that, the Trojans made a lot of bad choices and during one of the rare entries of the Marseillais in the opposing box, Mattéo Guendouzi was broke in the box and Payet transformed the penalty brilliantly. But, once again, OM retreated, gave up the ball, got carried away by a really brave group from Trojans. But obviously, Jorge Sampaoli didn’t agree with that.
Sampaoli analyzes the game differently
” I think we controlled the game well, throughout these two hours, there were difficulties at the end and we drew. It was difficult for us, this intensity on the pitch. We could have won, all the players gave everything they had on the pitch “, he began by explaining with rather tired features, before continuing.
” Yes there were difficulties during this game, we had a very long trip, it’s difficult to play. It was not voluntary to leave the ball to ESTAC. We can rest and work on this “, he concluded in a quick press conference. But we will have to quickly resume our march forward since next weekend, Monaco is coming and Nice will also be at the Orange Vélodrome in this month of March of all dangers.
