So of course, we can always say to ourselves that it is a good point taken away, while OM had conceded the opener. This ease of analysis was obviously borrowed by Nasser Larguet and Dimitri Payet after the meeting, when the microphones became strained (see video). Why give the stick to get beaten? But when you are a supporter, you want to see football matches. And as much to say that we were not served. In Nantes, it is a new catastrophic performance from the Olympians. So yes, they responded to the physical impact and the will in the duels of the team opposite, whose behavior was not surprising since it is now coached by Antoine Kombouaré. But, except for one action, the goal on a flash from Rongier and with some success over the center blocked from Nagatomo, there was nothing else to see. 90 minutes for an action? Sorry to say that all lovers of this club deserve better, more daring. In this part, OM was not only very discreet offensively (past the center line, we had the impression that there was at best two against five to play) but also feverish defensively, with panicked clearances. as soon as Nantes approached the surface. This is what we usually call “football porridge”.
The Hell Collection
And if we think about it for two seconds, this season is full of it: the receptions of Saint-Etienne (0-2), Lille (1-1) and Metz (1-1) had been catastrophic, the match in Piraeus (0 -1) not much better, there is the first leg against Manchester City (0-3), the defeat in Porto (3-0), humiliating at will, where we all included Di Meco who was reading his texts to the antenna, remember. The return was not bad either, the victory in Strasbourg (1-0), where OM won on their only shot, the defeats against Nîmes (1-2) and especially Lens (0-1) at the Vélodrome, where OM did not have a single opportunity. A few days ago, there was a draw in Bordeaux (0-0), with his midfielder Rongier-Cuisance who had lost all his balls … well no, the long tunnel of this season is not finished, this match against Nantes is there to remind us, it is only the 26th day.
A classification in trompe-l’oeil
So, we can always say that the situation is not so catastrophic, that OM are still in the race for a qualification in the Europa League. But at one point, football wasn’t just about rankings. This is perhaps what the management did not understand, she who was surprised at the time of the riots at the Commanderie in January at such a wave of discontent while the team was in the leading peloton just a few weeks before. But it is precisely because this team had optimized its number of points, had taken everything there was to take on its route, unlike a Lille, a Lyon, a Monaco. The classification was only a trompe-l’oeil and unfortunately, the reality on the ground, not that of a “Live Match” type application, quickly caught up with this OM.
Same as Garcia’s last season?
However, by dint of suffering, the level of demand is no longer so high. In Nantes, a defeat of an OM who tries would have gone almost better. Really, a 4-2 setback, with goals from Dieng and Khaoui, for example, would have raised more hopes if OM had tried before exploding. There, for sure, in the end, there is one more point on the clock. But what will it be used for? To hide appearances? As for Garcia’s last season? It’s true, that season, OM had finished 5th but, all those who lived it still remember how painful it had been, between humiliations in the face of amateurs (Limassol, Andrézieux) and conflicts in the locker room. It was just two years ago. We thought, suddenly, not to relive it anytime soon, to have learned the lessons, to deserve something else. But obviously, this is not the case.
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