Florian Thauvin's OM have won only one of their last seven games.

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  • Olympique de Marseille lost against Nîmes on Saturday afternoon at the Stade Vélodrome during the 20th day of Ligue 1.

  • OM have won only one of their last seven games.

  • The Marseillais are now 6th and can be left behind for the race for the podium despite the two late games.

At the Velodrome stadium,

Lots of disappointment and cold anger.

Olympique de Marseille lost 2-1 on Saturday afternoon against Nîmes Olympique, red lantern before the meeting, during the 20th day of Ligue 1. The Marseillais have won only one of their last seven matches since the defeat against Rennes on December 16.

At that time, OM could even be leader of Ligue 1 with their two games late.

A month later, the podium moves further and further away with only two points taken out of the 15 possible.

“I would like to say sorry to the supporters, it is a very heavy defeat.

We are still losing points, the supporters have a lot of patience but this is the limit, “regretted André Villas Boas, looking serious, in a press conference.

I continue to watch OM matches simply for lack, like a drug addict in need, this team hurts me more than anything else

- 𝙻𝙴 𝙿𝙴𝚃𝙸𝚃 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝚂𝙴𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙰𝙸𝚂® (@Toto_RiinaOM) January 16, 2021

Defender Alvaro Gonzalez had much harsher words for his team at the telefoot microphone at the end of the match: "We can't do the shit we did today, we need to have respect for the Jersey.

The least we can do is run, fight on the field, today we did nothing.

Every time we lose, we talk about the coach but that's not true, it's us.

We need a little more ambition.

With all due respect for Nîmes, you can't play this type of match when you're Olympique de Marseille, when you're fighting to be in the Champion's League.

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"I don't recognize my team"

Besides the sad result of this match, André Villas Boas especially regretted the lack of envy of his team.

Dominators throughout the first half, the Marseillais never managed to score like Thauvin's completely missed penalty.

After the two goals conceded in three minutes by Eliasson (55th, 58th), they never seemed to be able to return to the match.

Benedetto's goal, who still missed many chances, came too late (85th).

“We were bad, I'm not at all happy with our state of mind.

I am very disappointed with the behavior of my players and their lack of desire.

I don't recognize my team at such times, ”admitted André Villas Boas.

Olympique de Marseille could even be left behind in the race for the podium after this poor performance.

“It's January 15th and this is the perfect example of what must not happen.

There is a risk of losing the train of the teams which are at the top of the classification, they have higher average points, they are much more regular ”, he drew up as an assessment.

"Yes, I am worried"

André Villas Boas also arrived late at a press conference, after a first discussion in the locker room which should bring others.

“We'll see, we've already talked a bit, tomorrow we'll talk to each other again.

It is important.

We will talk about the tactical aspect but especially the desire, we must do better.

The atmosphere is more complicated in the locker room because of several ingredients: the end of contracts, the Covid and the anxiety it generates.

We lost the spirit of last season.

We have to be more consistent, we can't be good against Paris and have a miserable match like today.

There are a lot of arrivals, departures, and we pay a bit of the price.

Yes, I am worried, ”says André Villas Boas.

Thank you all for this 2020/2021 season it will not last long.


See you next year so that OM rebrand all our hopes once again 👍 pic.twitter.com/giZXjahjCr

- Basile Bilo (@basilebilo) January 16, 2021

Olympique de Marseille will play again quickly, Wednesday night against Lens (9 p.m.), in a late match.

The opportunity to catch up a bit?

"Our late matches are not a solution," warned the Portuguese coach.

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