Foot OM – OM: Guendouzi and Sampaoli, Marseille fears the worst
Olympique de Marseille faces Feyenoord this Thursday evening in the semi-final first leg of the Conference League. Jorge Sampaoli is once again counting on his handyman: Mattéo Guendouzi.
OM can write a new page in their history at the end of the season. Indeed, the Marseille club could win the second European Cup in its history in the event of a final victory in the Conference League. For that, it will first be necessary to get rid of Feyenoord in the semi-finals of the competition. Not an easy task for the men of Jorge Sampaoli, who will be expected at the turn of this Thursday evening in Rotterdam.
OM can still rely on a very good dynamic, with ten victories in the last eleven games played. In addition to that, Sampaoli knows that he can count on reliable men who are not afraid to do the ” sale job “. Mattéo Guendouzi is concerned, he who has been playing games since the start of the season. Maybe too much for some.
Guendouzi exhausted by Sampaoli
📊 The minutes played this season by the players come from the 5 major championships:
🥇Antonio Rudiger 4380 minutes
🥈Rui Patricio 4320 minutes
🥉William Saliba 4225 minutes
4️⃣Thibaut Courtois 4200minutes
5️⃣Mattéo Guendouzi 4182 minutes(@OptaJean) #TeamOM pic.twitter.com/5mNdVTf1aP
—Guillaume Tarpi (@GuillaumeTarpi) April 26, 2022
Since arriving at OM, Matteo Guendouzi has been walking on water. The French international very quickly knew how to put the Marseille public in the pocket thanks to a desire to do well above normal and a boiling attitude on the ground. Enough to make it a key element of the Sampaoli system. Problem, Guendouzi has already played 50 games with OM … A use that is starting to worry about his coaching staff, Serge Costa, who has sent his foal to the end of his rope. “ Matteo is tired but he compensates with mental freshness. He can’t last 10 years like this. It regenerates in the current Marseille environment: the good results, the support of the supporters, the energy transmitted by Sampaoli. His trainer does not spare him and he has a slightly less scientific management with him perhaps, more emotional. In any case, Mattéo will need a real break this summer before important deadlines next season, with perhaps the World Cup and the Champions League. “In particular indicated a Serge Costa who hopes that the wire will not break before the end of the season. This would be very bad news for his club and the France team.