Unsurprisingly, the Marseille camp appeared very angry with the referee following the defeat conceded against Atalanta Bergamo (0-1) in the final moments of the match after being denied a penalty.
The matches follow one another and are similar for Olympique de Marseille in the Champions League. Two weeks after their setback on the pitch at Sporting Lisbon, OM recorded another frustrating defeat against Atalanta Bergamo marked by a controversial arbitration decision.
This time, if the Marseillais had a bad time against the referee, it was because of a forgotten penalty for an obvious hand from Ederson in the area. And the Ciel et Blanc were all the more pumped up as in the process, Lazar Samardzic would score the only goal of the match with a magnificent strike.
Questioned after the meeting, Roberto De Zerbi did not hide his annoyance. “I’m not a referee, I don’t know the rules perfectly. But I have memory and I know that we lost a match in Madrid for a similar thing. That’s the only thing I think about.”he said at a press conference.
“The rules are different in Madrid and Marseille”
“I think we suffered three incredible defeats. We weren’t lucky. The rules are different in Madrid and Marseille, he continued in reference to Facundo Medina being penalized with a penalty at Santiago Bernabeu. In Lisbon, we also lose on episodes. At 11 against 11, you never lose. We probably even win. And there is tonight. »
And Roberto De Zerbi was not the only one to be indignant in front of the microphones. The same was true of Nayef Aguerd. “I don’t like talking about referees, but at least he has to be fair and take the time to check. He doesn’t even want to go see. I don’t know what to say”, he regretted, nevertheless wanting to be confident for the future : “But I’m proud of the team, we will continue to improve. It’s hard to find the words. There is the sequence of matches, the injuries… We have a fantastic group, but we were missing a lot of players. Overall, we can do very badly, but we are not going to look for excuses. We don’t have the right to these three defeats but there are a lot of matches left. I have confidence in this group, we will turn all this around. »
