“If I’m the problem, I’m ready to leave.” Furious after Marseille’s defeat on Friday afternoon at the Vélodrome against Auxerre (1-3), the local coach, Roberto De Zerbivent his frustration at his team’s woes. “I come from the street, I’m direct, I don’t talk for the sake of talking. I told Medhi Benatia (sports advisor) and Pablo Longoria (president): if I’m the problem, I’m ready to leave. I leave the money and return the my contract” said De Zerbi in a press conference.
“I went to Marseille for the Vélodrome, to play at the Vélodrome. And I can’t get the players to give here what I see in training and when they go away. So it’s my fault, it’s my responsibility,” continued the Italian. . “I don’t live for 2nd place, for the classification or even for the victory. I don’t give a shit. Playing at the Vélodrome is a privilege. I want to convey to the people who work with me what I think about in football and I can’t do it,” he said.
“If I’m the problem, I’m leaving,” he repeated before returning to the strange face that his team shows at home or away. “It’s hard for me to understand it, I’m going crazy,” he concluded. The defeat against Auxerre came two weeks after losing 3-0 at the Vélodrome against PSG.
Source: La Verdad
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