OM lost everything in seconds on Tuesday night. For Igor Tudor, the atmosphere was such that he couldn’t really inform his players of what was happening in the last few minutes.
Who said Champions League chickens no longer give suspense? Group D, very balanced on paper, delivered a breathtaking final in both games. But the prism of cruelty undoubtedly returns to Marseille, who saw his qualification for the Champions League and the Europa League fly away at the last second. Due to Son’s concussion at the start of the match, the OM match came several minutes late. When the stoppages began, Sporting had already lost and, failing to win, a draw qualified the Marseillais for the Europa League.
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Despite this, the Olympians all got on board and, on a fatal loss of the ball by Matteo Guendouzi, the Spurs managed 3 against 1 scoring the winning goal in the 94th. Igor Tudor was almost on the pitch to prevent the counterattack, and questions arise about this totally insane management. Do you want to score at all costs, even if it means shooting a European spring, or bad information that hinted that it was all over anyway?
A mistake that hurts according to Harit
Impossible to know knowing that even the players disagree on this topic. ” What infuriates is this last second goal. We know we are third no matter what happens and we take a 3-on-1 counterattack “, Swinging Jonathan Clauss, released before the end of the match, on Canal + at the final whistle. An explanation not at all shared by the players still on the ground. “ On the pitch, we didn’t know. But on the bench, people knew. It is a lack of communication. We have the anger to push to the end. But we didn’t know that “Chancellor Mbemba assured, reinforced in his remarks by Amine Harit. “ It is a mistake that hurts, we were on the pitch, concentrated. We will not shoot each other but I would lie to you that I am not disgusted that this information has not passed to the ground “He assures the attacking midfielder, who is angry with his coaching staff for not having informed him, which is possible during the last changes.
Too much atmosphere at the Velodrome?
To justify himself, Igor Tudor assured that the atmosphere of the Velodrome made complication difficult. It must be said that, despite the closure of a grandstand, the OM stadium was boiling, and pushing to score the qualifying goal. To the point of preventing players from thinking, and saying it was better not to lose everything anyway? “ I didn’t necessarily tell them to move on in the end. But there were so many noises, a great desire to go and score another goal. It was also this noise that made it difficult for them to hear me correctly. “, Delivered the Croatian coach, who knows that OM has lost a lot on the sporting, moral and financial level on this single goal in the 94th minute.
