- It is therefore on the sides that we must ogle to hope to find cold-blooded scorers. Here Florian Thauvin deceives the vigilance of the Hérault defense (Photo archives Wallis.fr/Laurent Saccomano)
So much so that supporters under the age of 15 are no longer even able to give you the name of a “goléador” who has left a lasting mark on the club’s performance with his imprint and statistics. The striker is a rather rare beast, cold-blooded, not necessarily easy to find. It must be said that its characteristics are quite confusing and do not necessarily allow to sell a lot of jerseys.
Desired “dirty mouth” offense
To be a good scorer, you must first not be too “beautiful”. Strange observation is it. Luis Suarez, Robert Lewandowski… We can’t really say that this type of player is a fashion victim. Moreover, it is not on the side of Marseille that we can claim the opposite, since the Jean-Pierre Papin, Rudi Voller, Sonny Anderson or Alen Boksic… were nothing like Cristiano Ronaldo. What does it matter, since it is not the dress that makes the monk and in the end, what we ask him, above all, is to put on the goals. Be careful, this playful rule is not immutable and you are going to tell me that with Kostas Mitroglou we could have hoped to have the top scorer in the French championship (sic). No chance ! No more galéjades, let’s get back to a little more serious business.
From memory of Marseillais, could you say who is the last center forward to have been better director of Ligue 1, or first division (because you risk going back a little far in the shelves)? Tick-tock, tick-tock… The clock is ticking! The answer is Mamadou Niang in 2009-10 with 18 achievements on the clock. So it’s been eleven years that the Phocaeans ignited for repeated goals. It still pays off. You now understand why in Marseille, the Minots are unable to explain to you what a n ° 9 is for.
Coming back, Brandao coming back because OM need you
Certainly, a few attackers have kept a special place in the blue and white heart. Thus, André-Pierre Gignac or Bafétimbi Gomis gave hope that the famine would end there, but in the end the disease lasts and persists. So much so that on the Canebière side, we almost come to regret Brandao. ” Has not touched or…. “, Maybe, but in the meantime the Brazilian hung on the frame more often than Valère Germain and other Dario Benedetto, who despair of chaining goals, or even shots on target, at first. So yes, we laughed at the gangly appearance of the native of São Paulo, but the guy was, in hindsight, quite effective. Although some thought he had kept the boxes on his square feet shoes.
In Marseille: “In the wing, life is good”!
This expression, straight out of the jargon of fellow rugby players, is applied with remarkable accuracy. Dimitri Payet, Florian Thauvin… It is therefore on the sides that we must ogle to hope to find cold-blooded scorers. Strange phenomenon, straight out of Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi mania. These extraordinary players, who at their beginning were off-center, dribbled half of the opposing team to transplant and score. And, as you surely know, is not Messi or Ronaldo who wants. Not in particular Radonjic, nicknamed the… Serbian Cristiano. We must not lose sight of the fact that, in their respective teams, these exceptional footballers have always been supported by high quality axial attackers.
It remains to find the right horse. With Milik, OM could perhaps hold a good hold. Not too good-looking, not too technical … The Pole seems to present interesting characteristics in the context of a desperate search for a top scorer. Should he still be able to put one crampon in front of the other, which for the moment does not seem obvious yet. Let’s be patient, because we must not forget that the ex-Neapolitan had not played a single minute in a club, since the start of Calcio, before disembarking in Marignane. Afterwards, can we do worse in front?
Victory as the only motivation
With all possible sympathy, during the last match against Nice (3-2), it was none other than Saîf-Eddine Khaoui who signed a saving double. Not really a goalscorer to speak of, or that would mean that we had a nugget in stock, since 2016, and that it had never really been taken out of the closet where it had been locked. Looking closely at the “goals / starting match” ratios of the Olympians forwards, there is something to be afraid of. Benedetto 0.23, Germain 0.33… Nothing really transcendent. But hey, let’s not be choosy. OM have not lost since 3 games and in the end, as Alfred de Musset said: ” What does the bottle matter as long as we are drunk. “In footbalistic jargon it means:” The important thing is the three points ».
Fabian FRYDMAN
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