Francois Brisson talks up Marseille’s chances against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League
Francois Brisson, head of the Marseille recruitment cell, has said that under-pressure http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 might have a chance to beat Bundelsiga champions, Borussia Dortmund. The two teams meet at Stade Velodrome in a Champions League group game on September
28, 2011.
Heading into that game, Les Phoceens are not in the best of forms but Brisson is optimistic about the Rhone club’s chances of winning against Jeurgen Klopp’s men.
Brisson attended Dortmund’s opening match against Arsenal and noticed a number of weaknesses in the German squad that the Rhone club can exploit.
In an interview to the official website of Olympique de Marseille, the 53-year-old said that Die Borussen have lot of young players which means that they have a lot of energy and play a physical game.
“Neven Subotic and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mats-Hummels-c24767 are very strong central defenders with good tackling skills and can go fast despite their size. They can move forward which can also create chances of errors any time.”
Commenting on the weaknesses, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukasz-Piszczek-c22920 has the ability to go forward on the right side, but seldom returns back to his position which results in gaps opening up in defence.
Brisson further added that a major threat in defence could have been http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcel-Schmelzer-c23530, but he will not be playing due to an injury.
The Saintes native said that the key player for Dortmund is Japanese http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Valbuena-c24690 and is more aggressive,”
said Francois Brisson.
Les Phoceens have only registered a single win in the French Ligue 1. In their last match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steve-Mandanda-c34177.
Dortmund have lost three and won three in seven Bundesliga games. Though Marseille have not proved to be a threat in the French league, the German club will still be a challenge for the Rhone club to overcome.
Last season, Borussia Dortmund won the Bundesliga but the Borussians have started the new campaign rather slowly. However, the German champions cannot be taken lightly especially after they held http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 to a draw in their first game of the group stage.
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