Four days before the end of the championship, the Olympique de Marseille decided to modify its programme to make an extended green start in Italy in Rome. What does Bruno Genesio think, LOSC coach? Crossing the Alps to strengthen the links of the collective is the strategy pursued by OM under the impetus of their coach Roberto De Zerbi. The players of the Olympique de Marseille left the Robert Louis-Dreyfus training centre last Tuesday to perform this extended green bet in Italy, Rome. This decision was taken in consultation with the club’s management with the sole aim of optimizing the concentration and cohesion of the group before the decisive matches of this end of season. The Olympians will successively face Brest, Lille, Le Havre and Rennes, four ultimate obstacles in the Champions League race. This stay on the other side of the Alps will last at least two weeks, until the trip to Lille where Olympique de Marseille will be opposed to LOSC, a direct competitor for the podium. Return trips to France will be organised for official meetings, such as the one scheduled this Sunday in Brest. This strategy is unique in Hexagon, where no other training has undertaken such an initiative. When asked regularly about current issues, Bruno Genesio was asked at a press conference this Friday about this strategy. “Everyone manages his schedule and season as he sees fit,” he launched, explaining that the Lille context was not the same as Marseilles. “You have to be inside a club to know what’s going on and why they made this decision,” he added. Bruno Genesio said he did not feel the need to make a longer green bet, but stressed that everyone acts according to their feelings and according to the context of their club. He did not wish to comment particularly on the strategy of the Olympique de Marseille on this subject.