André VillasBoas, OM coach.

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NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP

  • Olympique de Marseille fell against Nîmes (1-2), last in Ligue 1, on Saturday.

  • At a press conference, OM coach André Villas Boas admitted going through his “first crisis” in terms of results.

  • Discussions took place throughout the weekend between the workforce, the coach and the club management.

A crisis of results ended in an eye-to-eye discussion?

Two days after the defeat against Nîmes (2-1), and the day after a remarkable speech by President Jacques-Henri Eyraud to his players, André Villas Boas, the coach of Olympique de Marseille was in conference of press this Monday.

He admitted the club were going through their first "results crisis" after just one win in the last seven games.

He added: “In terms of the amount of missed points, on this aspect, you have to get out of the crisis.

We started the season well with a match with a great state of mind against PSG.

When you see how it goes behind, it's not good, we are far from our objectives.

The mindset is good in training, we have to apply it on the ground.

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"Look at yourself in a mirror to do better"

The Marseille coach has only "the state of mind" in his mouth since Saturday night.

“I think that's the problem.

You play straight in the eye with PSG, with a super positive state of mind and three days later, against the last one, your state of mind is negative.

The match could have gone very well, so it's linked to the mind, ”he analyzes.

A finding that has required several "discussions" since.

“Everyone has spoken.

The president with the players, me with the players, the players with the staff, the captain.

There were a lot of good exchanges, we stay focused on the future, I hope it will have a positive impact on the state of mind.

We must all look in a mirror to do better, ”says AVB.

Eyraud had the translation books delivered for the OM players who must speak French very quickly ...


There is also a dietetic book for Payet ... how to score when you're in front of goal for Benedetto ... how to frame for Rongier..I want centered pr Sakai👍 pic.twitter.com/FvC2NDYTlJ

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Unhappy with the performance of his executives Dimitri Payet and Florian Thauvin, André Villas Boas also had an interview with the two.

"It stays between us, I'm not going to put it in the public place.

We need them to be efficient, I hope that will have an effect on their sporting performances.

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"He abuses with failures"

If he has long protected his players, especially after the poor performances of the Champions League, AVB did not hesitate to slip them a few spades on Monday.

Asked about his choices, he returned to the case of Dario Benedetto.

“I don't think I made the wrong decisions about Dario, it's my role to help him regain his level.

He abuses with failures, but he continues to seek confidence, ”he said, before regretting the performance of Balerdi against Porto (3-0 defeat).

“We gave him his chance against Porto, but he missed it by making a very serious mistake.

Because of that we put Duje [Caleta Car] back in, and he was amazing so I have no reason to change defense.

But we believe in Balerdi, he can become a great central defender.

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The Argentine defender is expected to start Wednesday for the late match against Lens (9 p.m.), with Alvaro's suspension.

Amavi and Kamara are injured while Pol Lirola will not be able to play because he was not qualified for this match initially scheduled for October 30.

Mandanda has "a small chance to be there".

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