‘Marseille can compete in the Champions League’ – Roberto De Zerbi ahead of Ajax test | OneFootball

Roberto De Zerbi was today present in his pre-match press conference attended by Get French Football News as Marseille prepare to face Dutch giants Ajax in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening (21:00). After a win over Racing Club de Strasbourg on Friday in Ligue 1, De Zerbi’s men are flowing with confidence and the Italian believes that Les Olympiens will be able to compete in the UEFA Champions League this and out-layed his ambitions for the side. “I think Marseille can compete in the Champions League, I don’t know how well we’ll do but I know that we can be there. The team is strong, positive, and passionate about football,” said De Zerbi on Monday afternoon at the Stade Vélodrome. “At meetings with the players, I can see that they feel what I’m saying. We’ve all worked together to build this team so that we can be here and stay here. It’s difficult, we have to keep our feet on the ground. But we have to play with pride, using our strengths and qualities.”

“We need to create balance in the group – but that has been created by the desire that the players had to come here, or those who stayed here like Balerdi, Hojbjerg and Greenwood. Medina was already in Marseille after just one phone call.““Aguerd and Pavard also made an effort to come here. Paixao wanted to come at all costs. You can feel the desire. There needs to be a balance between victories and defeats. When you win, you have to be careful because defeat is closer. When you lose, you mustn’t listen to the critics because victory is approaching. That’s what creates balance in this kind of city.”GFFN | George Boxall – reporting from Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.