The Marseille resumes its march, as usual away. Although the riddle of shaky results at the Velodrome is yet to be solved, the OM coach Roberto De Zerbi beat 3-1 Lens away, consolidating third place in the standings -3 behind Monaco – who are also the next challengers in the championship -. The Italian coach commented to the microphones of beIN Sports the result obtained: “I didn’t need the victory to be convinced to stay in Marseille. The position is ideal, I wanted it at all costs. I will give the best of myself”, began De Zerbi after numerous rumors of a his possible second thoughts on the bench of the Phoceens.
Carefully analyzing the match in question with Lens: “We had difficulties in the first half, it’s difficult to play here, Lens is a physically strong team, we suffered. Maybe we were thinking about the defeat against Auxerre, the team fought. We played much better in the second half, Rongier did a great game. We didn’t steal anything. It’s difficult to understand why we don’t win much at home, it’s a good group of guys, we have some experience with players like Rabiot and Højbjerg, but we have a lot of young players to play well at the Vélodrome”.
On the performance of the former Juventus player Rabiot: “He played a great game, he wanted to come here, he puts passion into it. I have a strong team, I believe in this team. We have a good staff. We show it away from home, not yet at home. This team needs a player like Rongier to bring order. Rabiot was on the left, I try to put them in their best position. This match shows the path that we must not lose against Monaco.”
The complete Ligue 1 programme
Friday 22 November
Monaco – Brest 3-2
PSG – Toulouse 3-0
Saturday 23 November
Lens – Marseille 1-3
St. Etienne – Montpellier 1-0
Reims – Lyon 1-1
Sunday 24 November
Lille – Rennes
Auxerre – Angers
Nantes – Le Havre
Nice – Strasbourg
Classification
Paris Saint Germain 32
Munich 26
Marseille 23
Lilac 19
Lyon 18
Reims 17
Lens 17
Nice 17
Auxerre 16
Toulouse 15
Saint Etienne 13
Brest 13
Strasbourg 13
Rennes 11
Nantes 10
Angers 10
Le Havre 9
Montpellier 7