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Third in Ligue 1 after eleven days, OM are preparing to play crucial matches for the rest of their season.
For his first season on the bench of Olympique de Marseille, Roberto De Zerbi has had a mixed start to the year. If his team occupies an encouraging third place in the Ligue 1 standings, its latest home performances have not been reassuring and the competition is now back on its heels. The upcoming matches could well decide the rest of the Marseille season.
This is the opinion delivered Tuesday by a veteran of the house, Eric Di Meco. The consultant of RMC judged that the last four matches that Marseille will have to play in 2024 will tell whether the southern club can really claim a place in the Champions League next season. A trip to Lens (November 23), the reception of Monaco (December 1), another trip to Saint-Étienne (December 8) and finally the reception of Lille (December 14) could be decisive.
No safety mattress
“OM can switch after these four matches into a sort of championship, no second zone, but you can find yourself far from your objectives and as a result, leave in the second half of the season with a lot of pressure and with opponents who will have had plenty of points. » An analysis full of concern from the former Marseille defender who added that the speech of Roberto De Zerbi, who spoke of his possible departure if his leaders were not happy, had not been a good inspiration.
Marseille is therefore third, nine points behind leader Paris, three behind runner-up Monaco, and only one more than Lille, its first pursuer. OM, which also has no mattress to protect itself because it does not have more than three points ahead of Lens, eighth. Mason Greenwood and his partners will therefore have to be there for the next meetings.
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