The Olympique de Marseille midfielder was in fine form in his side’s 2-1 win over Stade Brestois at Stade Francis-Le Ble and has received massive praise from Souleymane Diawara and coach Elie Baup
A 2-1 Ligue 1 win over Stade Brestois at Stade Francis-Le Ble has propelled Olympique de Marseille into second place in the Championnat, two points behind leaders, Olympique Lyonnais. After a few tricky games, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 turned on the style against
Brest and the victory was a well-deserved one for the Rhone giants.
One player in particular, was in the spotlight for Olympique de Marseille throughout the game. The English midfielder was the author of his best performance so far for Les Phoceens and had a major part in both goals for the away side.
Following the game, the Englishman’s attitude was hailed by teammate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Souleymane-Diawara-c33850 who said that people tend to talk too much about the former Newcastle United man’s off-the-field shenanigans and forget that he is a great player. the Senegalese international
then added that Barton had a very ‘English’ game against Brest.
“We did a lot of good things. Everyone was talking about him for his antics, but forgot that he is first and foremost, a great player. He should up in an English game. I hope he is still enjoying (the moment),” said the experienced centre-back while talking
to Le Provence.
And, the Senegalese international’s sentiments towards his new teammate were echoed by coach Elie Baup who said that Barton’s decisive passing and recovering the ball was immense for the team.
“Barton brought something to the party, he’s up to the rhythm and he contributes the capacity to move forward.”
For his part, the 30-year-old was also very pleased with his contribution to the team’s win and said that it was important for him to move on from the humiliating defeat at home to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130.
“Against Lyon, I played only 45 minutes and I’m not looking for excuses, I was not tired. Today, yes, Lyon is the past. And now Brest as well. To paraphrase Muhammad Ali, the goals scored yesterday do not count tomorrow, so let’s move on to the next game.”
And with a must-win Europa League game coming up against Limassol, Barton would do well to listen to the wise words of the great boxing legend.
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