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The Olympique de Marseille will host Montpellier HSC on Saturday evening at 9:05 p.m. on the 30th day of Ligue 1. Roberto De Zerbi unveiled his 11 start for this important match, which could allow the Italian coach’s men to climb back into European positions.

The notable absence is that of Leonardo Balerdi, the only player out of the group. Luiz Felipe, on the other hand, is back after a rest period and has not yet accumulated the necessary minutes to fully regain his form.

Lone of the OM starters will be composed of: Rulli in the goals, a three-way defense with Garcia, Murillo and Kondogbia. Quentin Merlin will act as a left piston, while Luis Henrique will occupy the right side. Rodier will accompany Bennacer in the middle of the field. Rabiot will be reinstated in his hybrid role on the left side, Greenwood will be titularized right axial, and Gouiri will be aligned at the tip of the attack.

The referee of the match will be Jérôme Brisard, assisted by Alexis Augeret and Valentin Evrard. Mikaël Lesage will serve as fourth arbitrator, while Alexandre Castro and Christian Guillard will serve as referees for video assistants.

De Zerbi approaches the meeting with a lucid analysis:

At a press conference, Roberto De Zerbi highlighted the team’s current situation. “We lost five games out of the last seven and could have had a lot of points ahead of the fourth or fifth. Players were injured, important players were physically down. All year long, I talked about the mentality, and that’s the problem that probably hasn’t been solved. Sometimes you have to be hard on the players, sometimes you have to congratulate them, kiss them… We miss something, there are no other explanations. No one does it on purpose, we’re all 200% committed. "

Zoumana Camara also shared her view: “I think this system will be anchored more or less until the end of the season, unless physical problems prevent it. I will try to maintain some consistency to continue to assimilate the automations of this system. It would be pretentious to tell you today that we will go to the Velodrome trying to have the monopoly of the ball and the game. But you have to have this philosophy and intentions in the moments when you get the ball to get a result.”

The meeting promises to be crucial for OM, which will seek to stop its series of defeats and regain valuable points in the race in European squares.