Despite a very eventful summer preparation internally and disappointing on the sporting level, Igor Tudor has succeeded in his first official steps as coach of OM by largely beating the Stade de Reims Sunday (4-1, 1st day of Ligue 1). If the Croatian technician responded at a press conference to whistles from the Vélodrome towards him, his attitude does not at all please Jérôme Rothen, former PSG player, now a consultant on RMC. And the ex-midfielder of the Blues made it known at the microphone of his show Rothen s’enflamme. “What I saw on the pitch (against Reims) mainly belongs to the players, we cannot say that over the current preparation period, that’s it, there is a Tudor touch. What I just see is that he calls everything into question in relation to what had been put in place by Sampaoli ”he first launched.
And Rothen to continue. “I don’t mind that there have been changes at the club, that he arrived late, but I have the impression that he thinks he is someone else. In relation to his statements, in relation to his ‘body language’, as they say. I don’t understand how he can set the locker room on fire in such a short time. Everything was going well in Marseille. So yes, there was the departure of Sampaoli, but there was a good atmosphere between the players, they snatched second place. […] The problem with such an atmosphere is that at the first defeat, there will be a total fracture with his group. It is also a fracture which is beginning to take place with the public, while the championship is just beginning. »