Marseille had various opportunities to get hold of third place in the standings but two successive defeats at Velodrom and a draw in the last round saw them miss out on the opportunity, although they had a player in hand for over 40 minutes.Once again they proved that they can’t handle pressure. They reached the third place twice this season but stayed there only for seven days. Home defeats followed and saw them drop back on fourth.
Last week the best of them failed, Niang, Nasri and Valbuena, while Cisse's absence was obvious. It seems that he is in charge of scoring in the finish and when he is absent everything is much harder.
Gerets found the formula and managed to get the right form from the most important players but he can't solve the problems inside of their heads. Although the pressure will again be great, Marseille shouldn’t have problems since they are up against weakest rivals.
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