Gattuso: ‘Napoli similarities with Olympique Marseille’

Gennaro Gattuso assures he won’t really feel the stress as coach of Olympique Marseille, as a result of he sees ‘similarities’ between this fiery, passionate fanbase and Napoli.

The previous Milan supervisor was drafted in yesterday to exchange sacked Marcelino and turns into the third present Italian coach in Ligue 1 after Fabio Grosso at Olympique Lyonnais and Francesco Farioli for OGC Good.

“It was straightforward for me to decide on OM, we mentioned it for 5 hours,” stated Gattuso in his press convention.

“That is the one French membership that received the Champions League, a membership with values and I thank the gamers for being at my disposal. I do know the ambiance is fiery right here, however that doesn’t fear me.

“The Velodrome is a kind of uncommon examples of a European stadium that seems like you might be in South America. There’s lots of stress right here, however I used to be the coach of Napoli and the 2 cities have particular similarities.”

The Italian guarantees modifications to the strategy that was taken by his predecessor on the Marseille bench.

“I wish to play out from the again, retaining a staff compact, ensuring gamers sweat for the jersey and play as a unit. After we misplace a go, we should instantly rush to get it again, not shout at a teammate a couple of mistake. The precedence proper now could be to rediscover enthusiasm.

“I’m not a fan of the 4-4-2. I want a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, so I’ve a unique imaginative and prescient of soccer to Marcelino. I consider you win video games with what you do in coaching through the week, so fashionable soccer calls for depth, pace, breaking the traces. I do know will probably be a bit traumatic for the gamers, however clearly we’ll respect them too.”

Gattuso confirmed the target for this season is to qualify for Europe, joking he has “a vested curiosity in ending within the prime 4,” as a result of there’s a clause in his contract linked with Champions League qualification.

Olympique Marseille followers turned badly on Marcelino and the directorial employees following the Champions League preliminary spherical defeat to Panathinaikos.

They dropped into the Europa League, drawing 3-3 away to Ajax, and beneath a caretaker supervisor had been overwhelmed 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 on the weekend.