The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 coach is of the view that any team can win the Ligue 1 crown as the league has become very competitive and open this season
The 57-year-old doesn’t believe that Ligue 1 has become a three-horse race and any team can win the Championelle this season.
Elie Baup was talking to reporters at a press conference after seeing his side claim all three points at Stade Velodrome on Sunday against LOSC Lille in the Ligue 1. Goal from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-Ayew-c19098 was enough to secure maximum points for the hosts, and the coach is
pleased with his side’s performance that has sent the Rhone giants on level with Paris Saint-Germain.
The former Nantes coach said that the league is very open this time around and many teams are capable of winning the Championelle. Baup gave the example of Bordeaux, who have defeated Olympique de Marseille this season but came second best against Montpellier
in the very next game.
“It is a very open league. You look at a team like Bordeaux, who beat us and then go and lose at Montpellier.”
The Frenchman said that it’s very tough to predict who will win the Ligue 1 crown this time around and it is good for French football.
“It is very even up at the top, and league position doesn't mean anything because nobody is pulling away from the rest.”
Talking about Marseille, Elie Baup said that the Lille game was a tough one for the players and few of them picked up minor knocks on Sunday. However, the coach is confident that his players will recover in time for Les Phoceens’ next match.
“Quite a lot of the players picked up knocks, and there will be consequences from that. The players will be feeling the effects after putting in so much effort.”
The nine-time champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 in their next Ligue 1 game, and Elie Baup is upbeat about OM’s chances against Remi Garde’s side.
“We will need to do everything we can to recover our energy before playing Lyon (on Wednesday) although they were also playing at 1700 today."
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