Sampaoli evokes the pressure in Marseille
Present at a press conference, Jorge Sampaoli returned to the pressure of being at Olympique de Marseille.
Olympique de Marseille is not a club like the others in France and Jorge Sampoali has understood this well. The requirement is not the same as elsewhere and the Marseille supporters expect the shirt to be represented at best. Jorge Sampaoli says there is particular pressure at Olympique de Marseille and he regrets that it brings urgency and weakens creativity. The Argentinian would like to find this creativity in order to improve the performance of the team.
“Pressure brings urgency and that turns into little creativity »
“There are high standards here, around the jersey, the Olympique de Marseille crest. It has a lot of influence and we have a young team, almost a new squad. There is a great responsibility to wear this jersey. We have had some difficult times this season trying to resolve situations related to these responsibilities. In today’s football, the important thing is to win. We hardly watch the content of the matches. That’s why I said congratulations to the staff of Qarabag who declared that their goal was not valid because today, in current football, there is this desire to win at all costs.
All of this puts a lot of pressure on the players. Qarabag taught us a lesson in freedom. Moreover, they played a very free football, without thinking about the result, they had also done it before us. Pressure brings urgency and that turns into little creativity. We need to find that again, to feel football again, our best moments. When there are too many emotions involved, it affects our performance. It makes us vulnerable. It happened this season. You have to be better in the sprint final. You have to respect and accept an idea. We know that at OM, if we don’t do it, the end is already written. On saw it once. The most important today is the idea, the form. We have to continue like this”
Let’s hope that Jorge Sampaoli manages it, but we know that everything goes very quickly and the expectation is important.
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