There is of course no question of talking about a crisis within the OM collective. Nevertheless, the defeat (0-2) conceded this Sunday at the Vélodrome against Clermont provoked several different reactions. Between the anger of Dimitri Payet and the lucidity of Mattéo Guendouzi, the PSG runner-up in the standings, who still keeps a point ahead of Nice, will have to quickly regain his senses because an important meeting awaits him on Thursday on the European scene.
At the end of the meeting, the Marseille captain began by showing his irritation: “We lacked humility, we did not show a coherent face, we did not show value, we did not showed nothing tonight, reacted Payet at the microphone of Prime Video. We were given a good lesson by a team from Clermont who played together, who raced together, who deserved this victory, it must be said. So there you go, I think we’re going to have to deflate our heads a bit, get back to work and show the face that is ours. »
Rongier: “We will settle this in the locker room”
Will this rant from Dimitri Payet have an effect on the field? This is to be checked on Thursday during the trip to the lawn of FK Qarabag, on the occasion of the return play-off in the Europa League Conference (3-1 victory in the first leg). The words of the Olympian captain at least had the merit of making his teammates react, including Valentin Rongier: “Dimitri may have said that in frustration. Tonight (Sunday), we didn’t wear what was needed. We’ll settle this in the locker room. We have the right to lose matches, even if we have to avoid it, but it’s the attitude that bothers me, that bothers us. What we showed tonight, we no longer have the right to have it happen again, ”said the former Nantes player in the mixed zone.
For his part, Matteo Guendouzi also tempered the words of his captain, still in the mixed zone: “Everyone is free to think what they want, says the midfielder. I think we did a non-performance. We didn’t have a good game. We will have to rework and start again. Like everyone else, we miss matches, it’s part of football, of Ligue 1. We missed our match and we will have to go and win at Qarabag. There is no worry. We are still second, we have points ahead of teams that are supposed to play in Europe this season. »