Dolphin of PSG and qualified directly for the Champions League (eight matches during the first phase), the OM of Roberto de Zerbi began its pre-season with an internship at the center of the Federation of the Netherlands, the KVNB Campus. Sunday afternoon, the Phocaeans played a first preparation match against the Excelsior Maassluis, a particularly weak team since it almost went into the Dutch fourth division …
With his typical team at the start, Marseille delighted her supporters (the meeting was broadcast by the OM account on YouTube) by scoring five goals in the first period. The recruit Facundo Medina opened the scoring on a corner (16th), before a hat -trick of his top scorer Mason Greenwood (28th, 35th and 39th) as well as a strike from a Jonathan Rowe in legs (38th).
OM has evolved in 4-2-3-1 with the new Angel Gomes alongside Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the double pivot and Adrien Rabiot in number 10 behind Amine Gouiri. The English friends Greenwood and Rowe therefore evolved on the wings. While waiting to see Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang integrating into this offensive sector, the 36-year-old Gabonese international being announced
Next Tuesday to pass his medical examination
Before signing a two -season contract.
OM continues tomorrow
In the second half, the Italian coach changed his entire team, but Amine Harit, Neal Maupay and Robinio Vaz did not manage to shake the nets of the Dutch D3. They may be better 24 hours later, during a second match (Monday 6 p.m.) in the Netherlands against the Royal Olympic Club of Charleroi, a Belgian D2.
The vice-champions of France will take over the management of Spain next week to face two Liga teams, Girona on Saturday 26 then Valence on Tuesday 29. OM then offers two posters to its audience at Stade Vélodrome, against Seville and Aston Villa, on August 2 and 9, before starting Ligue 1 against Stade Rennais, Friday 15 (live on the new Ligue 1+ channel).
