Yesterday (Saturday), Olympique de Marseille logically won at home against AS Saint-Etienne (3-1) thanks to goals from Mattéo Guendouzi, Gerson and Cengiz Under. A victory for OM facilitated by an uninspired ASSE team.
Present at a press conference after the meeting, the Stéphanois coach, Claude Puel, tried to explain the poor performance of his players. Indeed, for the coach of ASSE, the pressure of a bubbling Stade Velodrome has clearly destabilized his men.
“We had a first period inside. We were poor, technically. I found us timid, under pressure, because of the noise in the stadium, we lacked control. We were punished on our highlight in the second half. . I think we can get a penalty (on Alvaro’s hand). You have to know how to be a killer. I think the atmosphere has played out. We made some unusual technical faults because there is the opponent, but Not that. We were a little too under pressure, in the first period, by the atmosphere that there was. I hope that we will have learned quickly and that we will quickly tame this environment. We lacked creativity, the spark, the final touch when we had the ability to do it. It’s a shame “, declared Claude Puel (comments relayed by But Football Club).