Marcelino lasted only seven matches on the hot Marseille bench. During his short stint, he managed two wins, three draws and two losses, both in the qualifications for the Champions League. So, when the fans erupted and wanted resignations from everybody, eventually, only the Spanish coach paid the price. In came Gennaro Gattuso as the life saviour, but he is as average a manager as Marcelino is. Or even worse, since his predecessor at least had some good results in Spain. Gattuso managed a lot of clubs and failed to do anything apart from Coppa Italia with Napoli in the 2019/20 season. But he is known for his fierce personality and fighting spirit, something he inherited from his playing days at AC Milan. 🎁🎅 Gennaro Gattuso on players’ wives in the run-up to Christmas:“When I was a player, the first years, from December 15-17, it was a disaster. My wife was young, she stressed me out about presents, about where we should have Christmas… and I was losing a lot of energy.… pic.twitter.com/CTJTsVODpG— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) December 20, 2023 So far, he has managed to stabilize the French giant with eight wins, three draws and four defeats in all competitions. In fact, after losing at Lens in the middle of November, Marseille played seven games in all competitions and lost only once, against Brighton in the Europa League. In France, that Lens game was their last defeat. Today, they are playing against neighbors Montpellier and want to continue their winning streak. Gattuso managed to turn it around, but his methods will be revealed over time, just like one of them revealed how it was to play under the Italian tactician. PSV Eindhoven winger Hirving Lozano was in Napoli when Gattuso arrived in 2019. “He didn’t know me, he didn’t even know where I played. When you’re a footballer, there are times when you think: ‘Wow! Things are not going well here. I was still on the bench and that’s when I said to myself: ‘There is something’. That year was terrible. I cried in despair with my wife. You realize that you are better than many others and you wonder why they don’t give you a chance” said the Mexican during his appearance on the show “Hugo Sanchez Presenta”. Gattuso: ‘I am not afraid of arriving in hot places like Marseille’Difficult months followed, and it wasn’t until the 2020/21 season that he finally began to play for Gattuso. “The first year, we didn’t speak to each other at all. Then, he came closer to me and he started talking to me more” said Lozano. Surely, right now, somewhere on the Marseille bench, there is another Lozano, who is not satisfied with his current coach and will not play against Montpellier. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7753626##
