om | OM – Malaise: Milik, Sampaoli … It’s getting tense in Marseille!
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Author of a very remarkable debut at OM, Arkadiusz Milik has however found himself on the bench since the start of the season since Jorge Sampaoli is playing without a real number 9. A situation that is starting to make people talk given that the results are in Sawtooth.
The quest for a great striker has been talking about Marseille since the arrival of Frank McCourt. After having encountered many disappointments with Valere Germain, Kostas Mitroglou or more recently Dario Benedettothe balance sheet ofAndoni Zubizarretadespite the short thinning with Mario Balotelli, is therefore negative. However, a few months after his arrival at theOM, Pablo Longoria seems to have solved this problem by getting the signature ofArkadiusz Milik which landed in the form of an 18-month loan from Naples one year ago. Quickly, the Pole demonstrated that he was by far the best number 9 known to the project McCourt. His first months are very successful before he is cut in his tracks by an injury which will deprive him of the Euro and the start of the season at theOM. Back since the end of September, Arkadiusz Milik struggles however to find its best level, so much so that Jorge Sampaoli regularly prefer to line up Dimitri Payet in the position of false number 9, even if it means depriving yourself of a real scorer. This was again the case at Lyons Tuesday. A choice that did not bear fruit since theOM lost (1-2). But Jorge Sampaoli seems satisfied with his decision. ” Every player needs the team, and every position does. We need every player to be 100% every time for the team. The collective performance is more important than the individual capacities (…) We, coaches, must ensure that the team wins. I tried different things, like Payet in number 9. For me, Payet is a striker. I’m also trying to see if it’s better to play with wingers or not. (…) What is always important for me is that OM win. The most important thing is really not the names, whether it’s Milik or Sampaoli. I want the best for the team. Today, those who are the best play “confided El Pelado at a press conference on Thursday.
“In Poland, they make him a statue and at home in Marseille, he finds himself on the bench”
But while Jorge Sampaoli could rely on convincing results until then to defend his choices, this is less and less the case, especially given the performance of the OM attacking sector. L’OM no longer won at the Vélodrome in League 1 since November 28 and a sluggish victory against Troyes (1-0), and the second period against theLOduring which Jorge Sampaoli seemed outdated tactically in the face of Pierre Bosch, helps to sow doubt. And for good reason, if theOM has the best defense in the Championship, the Marseillais also have the 10th attack with 31 goals scored. In the top 10, only the FC Nantes does less well with 30 mas. As a result, Alexandre Jacquinjournalist from Provenceclearly questions the management of the case milik. ” Sampaoli is a bit stubborn. There, what he’s doing to Milik, it’s a little one. (…) On this match, for me, there is a coaching error. The changes came much too late. Luis Henrique stayed on the pitch for too long, even though he was the first to come out. What prevented Sampaoli from bringing out Lirola, who did not play well, to bring in Milik? He would have pushed Rongier back, but he didn’t. He waited until the 84th minute to bring in Milik. We have in this squad a player considered a very good striker in Europe “, he assures in the emission Wednesday is football of Provencebefore recalling that in Poland ” they make him a statue with Lewandowski and at home in Marseille, he finds himself on the bench. Once, twice… But there, it starts to do a lot. We saw against Montpellier that when he entered, it was he who scored. OM are playing without a number 9, but there isn’t even a fake number 9 there. handball. To believe that it is Claude Onesta the coach of OM! I think OM lost this match because of that. Payet can’t do everything. “It remains to be seen whether Jorge Sampaoli will camp on its positions or will decide to relaunch Arkadiusz Milik. First element of response this Friday evening with the hall of Angers at the Vélodrome.