On the Téléfoot set this Sunday, Bixente Lizarazu was not kind to the OM players, hung by Toulouse the day before (2-2).
OM has something to be angry about. Four days after their convincing success against Newcastle in the Champions League (2-1),
Roberto De Zerbi’s men conceded a draw against Toulouse (2-2)at the Vélodrome, on behalf of the 14e day of Ligue 1.
However, the Olympians had done the hard part by reversing a poorly started situation. Quickly led (14e), the Marseille club equalized then took the advantage thanks to Paixao (66e) and Hojberg (74e). But at the very end of the game, the Ciel et Blanc lacked vigilance and saw the Violets come back following a long throw from McKenzie for Hidalgo’s head (90e+2).
A draw all the more frustrating for Marseillais who had the possibility of taking the lead in the championship after PSG’s defeat in Monaco (1-0). A missed opportunity deemed unacceptable by Bixente Lizarazu, who pointed out the mental fragility of the Phocaeans.
Lizarazu: “Missing opportunities like that is not acceptable”
“Against Angers (2-2) it was the same. It’s a shame because Paris is less than last season, we can stay in the race with them, and missing opportunities like that is not acceptable. On the sidelines, they worked on it, the coach says it, it’s incomprehensible to be so unfocused at a time when you are playing for number one in the championship. I don’t understand », deplores the 98 world champion in the Sunday show Téléfoot.
“Is De Zerbi’s turnover a problem? De Zerbi does this a lot. He does a lot of rotations, changes, I don’t know if that also has an impact on finding stability, Lizarazu wonders. But in this case, we are talking about attention, concentration, in the last minutes of the game. That is something purely psychological. Especially when there is maximum pressure, to become first. When you’re a hunter that’s one thing, but when you can be first, maybe the players asked themselves too many questions…”
