Marseille as Napoli. Coach Gattuso is not afraid of a lot of pressure. Where does he see the similarities between these clubs?

Gennaro Gattuso has recently been officially appointed as head coach of Olympique Marseille. He has, of course, already taken charge of the French big club’s A-team, and he sees some similarities between it and Napoli as his former place of work.

Gennaro Gattuso has been officially confirmed as the new coach of Olympique Marseille in the last few dozen hours. The Italian coach is set to be the replacement for the sacked Marcelino.

Thus, we can already find three Italian coaches in Ligue 1. In addition to Gattuso, Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyon) and Francesco Farioli, who coaches OGC Nice.

“It was easy for me to choose Olympique Marseille. We only discussed it for five hours,” Gattuso said during the official presentation at a press conference.

The French giant certainly has the squad to finish in the top three of Ligue 1 and secure a place in the Champions League group stage for next season.

However, Olympique Marseille is currently eighth in the league table, with nine points after six rounds and an unfavourable score of 7:8.

Marseille as Napoli

Naturally, there will be a lot of pressure on the Italian Gattuso, but he does not admit as much. And this is also because Marseille, in his words, resembles Napoli. This is especially true of the passion and passion of the fans, which is where the pressure comes from. There, he coached a total of 81 games in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.

“It is the only French club to win the Champions League. A club with values and I thank the players for being at my disposal. I know the atmosphere here is fiery, but that doesn’t worry me.

The Velodrome is one of those rare examples of a European stadium that makes you feel like you’re in South America. There is a lot of pressure, but I was coach of Napoli and the two cities have some similarities,” Gattuso said.

He concluded by adding that it is definitely his goal to finish in the elite four as he has a vested interest in qualifying for the Champions League for next season. After all, this is exactly what the clause in his contract says.

Source: Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille