Dimitri Payet and OM were full of confidence against Nantes (3-1) -
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Olympique de Marseille won quietly and serenely against Nantes on Saturday, for the 12th day of Ligue 1.
OM are temporarily back on the podium with two games late.
Dozens of supporters blocked the OM bus before the match, a pressure that "boosted" the players.
At the Velodrome stadium,
An OM reacted, heckled by his supporters.
Olympique de Marseille easily won 3-1 against FC Nantes, Saturday during the 12th day of Ligue 1. A victory which allows them to temporarily climb to third place, with two games behind.
More than the good accounting operation, it is especially the way that is to be remembered on the side of OM, after the catastrophic campaign of the Champions League and the poverty of play proposed until then by the men of André Villas Boas.
Payet, Thauvin, and especially Dario Benedetto have scored, the Argentine finally opens his goal counter this season.
A click instilled by the good pressure from the supporters before the match?
At the initiative of the Fanatics, dozens of supporters blocked the OM bus at the commandery, the club's training center, to express their dissatisfaction with the OM course in C1.
“It was quite special, we were rather surprised.
It sure gave us a boost, we felt them present.
And it made us aware of the stupidity that we do in C1, it boosted us.
I understand them, this course in C1 is unacceptable, especially after so many years that we are waiting for that, ”said defender Boubacar Kamara, native of Marseille.
#OMFCN It will take more than a victory to redeem yourself, not to mention the leaders.
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- VieilleGardeCU84 (@ VGCU84) November 28, 2020
"We must not get into the excitement of the media"
“I was especially worried about arriving late,” said André Villas Boas.
We understood the message, I tried to tell them that we must not get into the excitement of the media, that we had to let us work, have patience.
Obviously they asked for more play, more content.
You have to look for that.
I hope today they are happy.
Winning is most important to me.
It takes time, let people work.
We are aware of having been able to disappoint them, but we must not get into the excitement of the media world ”.
AVB obviously still has a grudge against journalists and critics about the quality of his team's play.
But the fact remains that OM got into their match perfectly, unlike often, and Florian Thauvin regaled a lob delight from the second minute.
Without an excellent Alban Lafont, Olympique de Marseille could even have returned to the locker room with a score greater than 2-0.
If they fell asleep a little after the penalty from Dario Benedetto (60th), conceding a goal from Ludovic Blas on a badly returned corner, the Marseillais delivered one of their best game of the season.
"The personal victory of each player"
“Yes, it's a very good performance.
It is the personal victory of each player, thanks to a good state of mind, to envy.
We had a lot of confidence with this first goal, which comes early.
There were some good combinations that allowed us to get into the box.
This victory is good for the future, we needed a victory like that to do the same against Olympiakos ”, analyzed André Villas Boas who had recovered his smile.
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- Ludo 😕 (@ TopLu28__) November 28, 2020
But as the Portuguese coach recalled, the pretty victory against Bordeaux (3-1) on October 17 resulted from the defeat at the end of the match against Olympiakos (1-0), four days later.
At the dawn of meeting the Greeks on Tuesday at 9 p.m. for the revenge of this duel for a qualification in the Europa League, we must not repeat the same mistakes as a little over a month ago.
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