• The Marseillais chained another poor performance at home by losing 1 goal to 0 against AS Monaco.

  • The OM players left the lawn under a bronca from the Vélodrome stadium, as there hadn't been for a long time.

  • But Jorge Sampaoli and Mattéo Guendouzi preferred to be positive after their wide domination in the first period, when they must win to stay on the podium.

At the Velodrome stadium,

A bronca, as it had been a long time since we had heard one.

The two corners of the Vélodrome stadium let their anger and disappointment burst out on Sunday evening after the defeat of Olympique de Marseille against Monaco (1-0) at the end of the 27th day of Ligue 1. wet the jersey, or break it”, resounded during the last ten minutes of the match, before Dimitri Payet and his teammates came to greet their supporters under the thunder of whistles.

South turn, like north turn.

The 56,510 supporters present on Sunday evening had given their all, constantly pushing their players.

They were aware of the importance of this shock for the race for the Champions League.

But as too often this season, they still witnessed a poor performance from their home team.

“The whistles are normal, people want to win.

The team made great efforts, it's not a problem of will but of precision.

But fans have the right to want their team to win.

We tried on all sides but we lacked this precision, a bit of luck too.

At the moment, it's very difficult to win here,” admitted Jorge Sampaoli after the match.

“The domination was total”

The Marseillais actually showed a completely different face than against Clermont (2-0 defeat), two weeks ago, by quite clearly dominating harmless Monegasques.

But the OM players weren't much better off, with only a nice shot from Rongier, deflected (22nd).

“I think in the first half we were better.

We lacked the cutting edge, but the domination was total”, Sampaoli still veiled his face a little.

Because this domination has, as too often, remained sterile.

And it was Philippe Clément's players who finally surprised the Marseillais, with a goal from Gelson Martins granted after consultation with the VAR (59th), for a possible offside.

Jorge Sampaoli's men could have already been punished at the end of the first period, but Jean Lucas was finally flagged offside (42nd).

And there too, as too often, the Marseillais never knew how to come back.

“We often change systems”

The fault may be with a coach whose choices are questioning more and more in Marseille.

After a 4-3-3 against Clermont, El Pelado had chosen against Monaco a system similar to the one which had seen its players triumph, not without difficulty, from Angers (5-2), their last victory at home.

Well.

But not easy for players to find their bearings.

“We weren't in the best shape today.

Of course it's not always easy, even for me, we often change systems, ”lamented Milik at the microphone of Prime Video, in addition to not being rhythmic enough, for lack of playing too much intermittently.

Not easy, either, to bring danger with such weak sides.

Luan Peres and Valentin Rongier chained the wrong crosses, without ever managing to find Bakambu, let alone Milik.

But neither of them are lane players, in their defense.

“We have our destiny in our hands”

Lots of questions, therefore, but at the time of the last sprint at the end of the season, the positive attitude was in order.

"We had a few bad results, but we must not forget that we are still in the Europa Conference, that we are 3rd in Ligue 1. We still have our destiny in our hands, there will be an interesting end to the season .

You have to keep a cool head, and I'm sure we'll have good results afterwards, ”reassured Mattéo Guendouzi, relying on their good first half, unlike the match against Clermont.

Because OM no longer have the right to make mistakes after this new defeat at home.

The Niçois are back second with their victory against PSG (1-0), when they will come to play at the Vélodrome in two weeks.

And the other pursuers, Rennes, Strasbourg and even Nantes are getting dangerously close.

Lyon, 9th, is only six points away.

“We have to start winning again otherwise there are strong teams who will complicate things for us to achieve our goals.

We have to play like in the first period, be more efficient when we dominate so much and play each match like a final, ”warned Jorge Sampaoli, at least realistic on this point.

Even if President Pablo Longoria renewed his full confidence in him this week, in the press,

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