First win a cause of relief for Olympique de Marseille's Didier Deschamps – Ligue 1 news
Olympique de Marseille coach Didier Deschamps has expressed his relief at his side’s first win of the 2011/2012 Ligue 1 Championelle.
Stade Velodrome saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130.
Pressure was intense on Deschamps’ side and the coach himself after Marseille lost to Lyon at the weekend. Ahead of the game against Evian, Marseille were rooted to the bottom of the Ligue 1 table and needed to deliver a victory in order to save face.
Deschamps is now understandably relieved after his side recorded a win over Evian who drew against Paris Saint-Germain at home at the weekend. Deschamps believes that the win against Evian would pave a way of a good season ahead for Marseille.
“Winning is always the best medicine. It will restore some confidence and serenity to the team. I saw a group concerned with the desire to do things better,” Deschamps said while talking to the media.
However, Deschamps has asked his team not to get carried away by the result and has stressed to continue progressing as Marseille still have a lot of catching up to do. Summer signing, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morgan-Amalfitano-c26799 also agrees with Deschamps and said that it feel s
good to win but it’s not enough.
Mandanda was also visibly happy by the win but took a careful reading of the game. “We are happy. Having won tonight helps us a lot. There weren’t many opportunities so we made full use of the ones we got,” the goalkeeper said.
Didier Deschamps was particularly pleased with the atmosphere at the Stade Velodrome ahead of the game and said that he was surprised to see leniency from the fans before the game started.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alou-Diarra-c5259, who was substituted at half time in the 2-0 defeat at Lyon, said that his team has taken a great step but must continue to progress.
Marseille next face Borussia Dortmund in UEFA Champions League group game at home and Deschamps knows that the game against the German champions would be just one of the tough games his side would be playing this season.
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