After the victory against OGC Nice on the last day of the championship, Olympique de Marseille will travel to Saint-Etienne just after the international break to try to confirm their second place. A perilous journey against a team that absolutely needs points to maintain itself and which will be done without the Marseille supporters, once again banned from traveling.
As soon as the international break ends, Ligue 1 will be back. Before this little break, Olympique de Marseille had won against OGC Nice in a Velodrome packed and hot as embers. A victory that had allowed OM to take second place in the championship alone and eject the Niçois from the podium. Building on this success, the Olympians will have to perform in the following matches to hope to finish in second place in this extremely tight Ligue 1 this year. To do so, Jorge Sampaoli’s men will travel to Saint-Etienne on the next day. Unfortunately for the Marseillais, they will not be able to count on the support of their supporters for this classic of the French championship.
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OM without its supporters in Saint-Etienne
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Once is not custom, the Marseille supporters will not have the chance to be able to encourage their team during the next away match. Indeed, the Loire prefecture issued an order preventing Olympian fans from moving into the Cauldron. In an atmosphere that promises to be hot, a few Marseille songs would probably not have been refused for Dimitri Payet’s teammates who will certainly need support to end this season in the best possible way.
The Velodrome “a cut above” the Cauldron for Saliba
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“I started in St-Etienne where the atmosphere is not bad, like in Marseille. I still think that the Vélodrome is a notch above in terms of its supporters. I’m used to atmospheres like this, and I hope it will last. (…) Is the atmosphere of the Vélodrome a criterion for staying or not at the end of the season? Sure. When I talk about it with Mattéo (Guendouzi), going into a stadium like that, in the hallway, we’re all excited because we know it’s going to scream. When you enter, there is an atmosphere that you have to experience to understand it. When you see the opposing team coming in under the whistles, it does something. You are in your match from the warm-up, they are all already there, and that really gives a lot of emotions. » William Saliba – source : RMC (23/03/2022)
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