Entering the hour mark during Marseille’s victory against Rennes (1-0) in the Coupe de France, Bamba Dieng had his coach. Igor Tudor criticized his striker in front of the media after the match.
Tudor cropped Dieng after the game against Rennes
Olympique de Marseille is charting its course. Winner against Stade Rennais (1-0) on Friday evening in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, the Marseille club won its eighth consecutive victory in all competitions. A deserved success as the Marseillais still impressed on the lawn of the Stade Vlodrome.
Genesio saw a steamroller
Often praised for the game played by Rennes for the past two seasons, Bruno Genesio could only bow down to OM’s performance yesterday. They give off a lot of power, an impression of a steamroller , analyzed the Rennes coach. Clearly dominated with his team in the first period, the technician still managed to rebalance the debates after the break.
In the second half, the Rennais had possession of the ball but they were surprised on a counter concluded by Matto Guendouzi in the 59th minute. Behind, Marseille voluntarily decided to suffer. After the goal, we made the decision to wait for them a little longer, to expose ourselves less to stay solid behind confided Valentin Rongier after the final whistle.
The bad entry of Dieng
The idea of the Marseillais was clear: take fewer risks in the pressing, wait for the opponent lower down and take advantage of the spaces to break on a counter-attack. But the Olympians were ultimately fairly harmless after their goal, they could even have cracked twice late in the game.
It must be said that one element played against OM during the half hour: the entry of Bamba Dieng in place of Alexis Sanchez was not a success. While the Chilean striker had been breathing hard for an hour on the pitch, the Senegalese international made a very disappointing entry. Very little concerned, he made no effort in the pressing and did not know how to keep the ball to initiate counterattacks (9 balls touched, 5 lost).
Tudor did not like
After the match, Igor Tudor did not fail to point out to Dieng that he had not appreciated his performance, in the locker room and then in front of the media. Bamba Dieng? I didn’t like the way he played and told him in the dressing room. He’s a good boy and a good player but I didn’t like his game said the OM coach at a press conference.
If his state of mind had seduced the club after the episode of his false start last summer, the Lion de la Tranga did not show much during his recent appearances. t is not over yet and the president Pablo Longoria has warned several times: players who do not respond to the coach’s requests are invited to leave.
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