Foot OM – OM: Marseille has lost its madness, Balerdi has the explanation
Both attractive and effective at the very start of the season, Olympique de Marseille have been playing a less spectacular game in recent weeks. For central defender Leonardo Balerdi, fatigue is no stranger to it.
Five times in its last matches in all competitions, Olympique de Marseille ended with a goalless draw. An unthinkable statistic at the very start of the season, when we saw the Marseillais rush into the attack and assume a big imbalance. Only here, the Olympic madness has diminished over the meetings to give way to a more careful game. Are these the new consignments from coach Jorge Sampaoli? For Leonardo Balerdi, the problem is mainly physical.
” It is true that we had a very good team during the first games and we perhaps lowered the level a little afterwards., recognized the central defender interviewed by Foot Mercato. You have to take fatigue into account when you play every three days. We may also lack the finish, much better to finish our chances and to be a little more solid behind, less defensive errors. We must also continue this path, garner as many points as possible, because the teams at the top of the table lost very few points. If we want to stay in this top ranking car, which is the goal, we have to keep winning matches. “
The weight of the calendar
” You have to rest as much as possible when you can and then continue to give 100% to help the team as much as possible., encouraged the Argentine, recognizing that the sequence of matches did not facilitate their evolution. Yes, when we play every three days, we have less time to work. It’s more difficult to improve and progress. But we are not the only team in this case. We just have to keep this momentum going. We have to be a little more clinical in this finish and more compact defensively, to be a more solid team for the end of the championship. “Faced with Olympique Lyonnais, a team with a similar philosophy, the Marseillais await the spaces to regain their enthusiasm on Sunday.