Olympique Marseille could hardly have prepared better for next Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League encounter against Newcastle United.
OM beat their local rival, OGC Nice, 5-1 at the Allianz Riviera on Friday evening, in what has been described as a “spanking» by The Eaglets Sofiane Diop. “Naturally, it’s a good thing, it excites us and it’s a morale booster,» began Roberto De Zerbi during a press conference in the presence of Receive French football news. “And it’s also good for the rankings.” » added the Italian, who saw his team provisionally take first place in Ligue 1.
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Their attention now turns to European football. “It is (also) important for (the match against) Newcastle, FC Toulouse, etc. We have to put this victory aside now and move on,” said De Zerbi, who despite the high score said his team could “plays much better.”
Hojbjerg from Marseille returning to face Newcastle?
But overall it was “very satisfied” with night work at the Allianz Riviera and declared that in the future the “The only thing he’s worried about is the infirmary.” There are many absentees in Marseille at the moment, particularly in defense, but OM will perhaps be able to count again on Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, rested against Nice.
“I gave him two days off (Wednesday and Thursday) because he had a big international break. He will resume training tomorrow. said De Zerbi.
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