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The draw for the round of 16 of the Europa League seems affordable for OM. Except that Villarreal is a club coached by Marcelino.
Was it the electroshock that worked? Still, Jean-Louis Gasset made his debut on the bench at Olympique de Marseille perfectly, eliminating Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League play-off. In the round of 16, the Phocaeans will have to face Villarreal, a club coached by a certain Marcelino.
“I hope that Jean-Louis Gasset will remind the players that this coach left running overnight, and without saying goodbye to them, declared Eric Di Meco, Friday afternoon, in the Super Moscato Show on RMC. For me, an elimination against Villarreal would experience it as a humiliation. (…) When you play at a high level, you look for leverage. And that’s one of them. »
Double punishment in perspective?
Last August, OM were eliminated by Panathinaikos on penalties (2-1, 2-2 on aggregate and 3 tab to 5) during the return match of the third preliminary round of the Champions League. Marcelino was then on the Olympian bench. “That would mean that he would take us out of the European Cups twice! »imagines the former left-back.
On June 23, the 58-year-old Spanish technician signed a contract with OM until 2025. Only three months later, he chose to resign from his position as coach under pressure from supporter groups. In November, the former midfielder returned to the Villarreal bench.
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