Under tension throughout the match in Auxerre, Roberto De Zerbi lost his nerves at the end of the match.
Olympique de Marseille returned to victory after three unsuccessful matches. On Saturday, OM traveled to Auxerre on the sidelines of the 11th day of Ligue 1. The destitute Marseillais won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Angel Gomes (30th), which offered three precious points to his team and placed the club two points behind PSG, leader, and ahead of AS Monaco, beaten at home by Paris FC (1-0).
Despite a not really successful performance, it was Roberto De Zerbi who made people talk about him. The Italian coach, on edge throughout the match, lost his cool at the very end of the match, according to The Team And Provence. Ulcerated by the provocations coming from the stands, De Zerbi turned towards the public and launched several insults in Italian.
The Marseille technician explained this angry gesture at the end of the match. At the journalists’ microphone, De Zerbi quipped:
“Luckily we won, otherwise you would have shot me”before comparing this meeting to “a match against Real Madrid”in reference to the pressure felt.
“Atalanta is not more important than Auxerre”
On a sporting level, OM did not really know how to convince. But not enough to bring down Roberto De Zerbi. “We were left with two defeats and a draw against Angers which had a taste of defeat. Here, in Auxerre, last season we lost. We really wanted to take these three points to regain second place and not see the gap widen with the leader but also to keep our distance from our pursuers”reacted the coach.
For this meeting, the Italian technician had chosen to leave Mason Greenwood and Paixao on the bench, while Marseille prepares to challenge Atalanta during the 4th day of the Champions League. A choice, according to him, completely independent of the next European meeting. “I never make the lineup thinking about the next game. Atalanta is not more important than Auxerre. Now I can think about the match against Atalanta and then I will think about the one against Brest”he defended.
