That's it! The posters of the C1 league phase are finally known. Olympique de Marseille is fixed and knows all its opponents for this first part of competition.
The Marseille club will be opposed to clubs like Real Madrid, Liverpool or Atalanta. Very high level matches or the men of Roberto de Zerbi will have to raise their level of play in order to do good in the competition.
Present on the set of Canal + This Thursday evening during the draw, the consultant and former player of OM Samir Nasri sees great for the Marseille club in this first phase of the Champions League. For him, the Olympians have the means to scratch good points among their 8 confrontations.
“Given the workforce of OM this season and with the next arrivals by the end of the transfer window, I see them at least in the first 24 of the Champions League. I think they can at least win 4 games, “ he launched.
Benatia wants to look good
OM is at the rendezvous of the 2025-2026 edition of the Champions League. The Phocaeans are in the big leagues and hope to be at the level in this competition. Mehdi Benatia wants the team to give the maximum for supporters who will be without dispute possible behind their players.
« We will have to be ready and show a beautiful face. We're going to return to Madrid, I didn't have good memories there, but frankly these are good games. I am happy for supporters, they move everywhere, there is nothing to say, but living European evenings like that in Marseille is special, the atmosphere is different. We will have a fire stadium at all the games and will have to be up to it. A club like ours must try to stabilize each year in the Champions League. A club like OM that does not qualify in C1 it can be an anomaly, we are there and we want to stay there. Whether Newcastle, Real Madrid, Liverpool, even the Saint-Gilloise Union were very strong last year, we know that they will have their arguments, but we must want to win, play our heads, make beautiful appearances. We are not going to put pressure on the players, we go to go to the end. We know very well that we are not going to win it, we are not going to lack humility, we have a capable team, a great coach, we want to see, “ he said at the microphone of Canal +.
