"We will have just seven absent against OM", slips Rudi Garcia ironically

• OL will welcome OM on Wednesday (9:05 p.m.) for a lively quarter-final of the Coupe de France.
• Presented this Tuesday as "a gala match" by Rudi Garcia, this Olympico is above all a major issue for the Lyonnais, dropped to 16 points from OM in L1.
• The former Marseille coach made a point of ironically passing messages during his pre-match press conference.

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It was feared that Rudi Garcia would opt to the end for a flat before this "gala match" between OL and OM, Wednesday (9:05 pm) in the quarterfinals of the Coupe de France. “OM are a solid team that don't take goals. It is a very important asset. We know that it is a team that has quality, otherwise it would not be second in the championship. And then they are players I know well. "

So many clichés dropped by the former Marseille coach, before he decides to be sharper, after ten minutes of conf. “We talk a lot about absences for the opponent for Sunday [against PSG] and for tomorrow. But we, we will have just seven absent tomorrow ", he slips ironically, with in particular the suspensions of Jean Lucas and Marcelo. Then two questions from colleagues focused on Olympico's rivalry filled him.

Are there one or two Olympics for you, Rudi? - We don't really care about that.

Were you surprised by the way OM used your presence on the bench as a motivational lever in L1? - We don't care about that too. "

Pressure, what pressure?

Thank you Rudi ... "Do not count on me to make your headlines, you will find them all by yourself," continues the Lyon coach. We will have time to talk about all this, life does not end today after the press conference, well I hope. A festival continued with a question about the possible additional pressure on his shoulders given the identity of the opponent on Wednesday. "I don't see her," he laughs, looking over his shoulders.

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Under Rudi Garcia in Ligue 1, OL did not collect any points out of 12 possible against the Top 5 clubs. Pic.twitter.com/ItIxWN4mqt

And hop, a question on the great current form of Dimitri Payet then fell in time, since the playmaker of OM had incidentally massacred Garcia before the famous reunion at the Vélodrome in November (2-1).

"Sometimes an action with his hands is punished"

"I think that Marseille is second and that there are very good players at Olympique de Marseille", he subtly outlined. A few minutes earlier, Maxwel Cornet had called Dimitri Payet "a player like any other, who takes his role as captain seriously". The last spade was forced, thanks to a question about Maxence Caqueret, much less used in recent weeks.

OM-OL: Pascal Garibian believes that "the Marseille penalty should have been canceled" https://t.co/0pAccLO9Pb via @ 20minutesmars pic.twitter.com/a5a5l03oBn

“Since he injured his arm against Lille, I found him very weak. It's normal, you need your arms to play football, even if sometimes an action with your hands is sanctioned. " You have it ? And yes, given the smirk of Rudi Garcia, hard not to think of the hand of Morgan Sanson not whistled during Olympico in L1, on the action resulting in the penalty against Thiago Mendes.

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