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After the heavy defeat against Auxerre (1-3), the second defeat at the Vélodrome, Roberto De Zerbi threatened to abandon his position as coach. “ If it’s less of a problem then I can leave”, he had notably declared implicitly.
Despite the rout against the Burgundians, and while waiting for the other matches of the day, OM remain second in the general ranking. What comforts the Italian coach? No way. He says he is not at all interested in the position of his people.
“Don’t talk to me about second place!” I came here to rock the stadium“, he proclaimed.
De Zerbi takes responsibility
“I don’t live for second place and ranking position, developed the transalpine technician.
That’s not what drives me or excites me. Playing at the Vélodrome is a privilege. I want to convey to the people who are behind us all year round what I think about football and how I experience football. »
After the setback against the Ajaistes, De Zerbi gave a huge rant to his locker room. Nevertheless, if he does not hesitate to admonish his flock, he also recognizes his own responsibility in the failure: “I live from football 24 hours a day, and it has always been like that in my career because I sacrifice my life for football. Right now, I can’t give players the most important part of football which is the courage, the passion, the need to live for this profession of footballer. But I’m not giving up. Let me be clear: I am not escaping. But I take responsibility for it. »
Fine words, but now it is time to turn them into action. And De Zerbi now has two weeks to get his team back on track.
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