2023-09-20 16:09:43
Marcelino’s short-lived stint on the OM bench, marked by an elimination in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League against Panathinaikos and two victories in five L1 days, will certainly not boost the technicians’ rating Spaniards in Marseille. Before him, three of his compatriots had already held such a position with the common denominator of failure at the end of the road.
Luis Miro, « Il Bidone » – season 1962-1963.
When Miro rhymes with fiasco! The first Spanish coach of OM, Luis Miro, former Barcelona goalkeeper, was called to the bedside of the promoted Marseille to replace the former French international Armand Penverne on December 3, 1962. He started with a defeat in Nice (1-0 , on December 9, 1962, before losing at the Vélodrome against Nîmes 0-3). The rest is not much better. In the end, his figures show 5 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats in 19 Division 1 matches.
Insufficient to get the club out of the rut. Eliminated in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, OM, where Serge Roy and Julien Stopyra played in particular, the fathers of Éric, the current coach of Brest and Yannick, ranked dead last in the championship. No wonder he ended up nicknamed “he fake”. Died in 1991 at the age of 78, Miro mainly officiated in his country except for a stint at AS Roma (1964-1965).
Javier Clemente, iron fist without seduction – 2000-2001 season
To succeed the Brazilian Abel Braga, after an interim period provided by the Emon-Galtier pair, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the club’s shareholder, dreams of installing Luis Fernandez. In the end, he entrusted the technical destiny of the group to another former Athletic Bilbao coach in the person of the very experienced Javier Clemente. This one arrives on the Canebière preceded by a fairly extensive CV. Three times best coach in La Liga (1983, 1984, 1987), double winner of the Spanish championship with the Basque team (1983 and 1984), the former Spain coach (1992-1998) then knew, Like Marcelino, his first experience outside the peninsula.
This is far from meeting general expectations. Rigid, follower of defensive principles, constantly accompanied by an interpreter, he runs straight into the wall. Exited in the round of 32 of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, he was ousted four days before the end of the season, after only thirteen Ligue 1 matches (4 wins, 3 draws, 6 defeats). Tomislav Ivic takes over and provides the essentials in the form of… maintenance (15th out of 18).
Michel from light to shadow – 2015-2016 season
The 2015-2016 financial year begins with a bang with the surprise resignation of the iconic Marcelo Bielsa on the evening of the inaugural day. President Vincent Labrune then chose Michel. The former member of the “Quinta del Buitre” (name given to a generation of players from the Real Madrid training center) shone in the colors of the Merengue as an attacking midfielder between 1982 and 1996. He then became a coach of Rayo Vallecano in 2005 before taking charge of Castilla, the reserves of Real Madrid (2006-2007), Getafe (2009-2011), Sevilla FC (February 2012-January 2013) and Olympiakos Piraeus ( 2013-2015).
OM defines him as a man who “carries football within him”, an “apostle of the beautiful game”. His passage, started by a resounding success against Troyes (6-0), which looked like a trompe-l’oeil, does not go down in the annals. His results are striking and challenging: 25% victories in L1 (8 wins, 16 draws, 8 defeats) for Steve Mandanda’s partners. Dismissed four days from the end, for “serious misconduct” in April 2016, after ten consecutive matches without a victory in Ligue 1, he slipped away with the worst record since Bernard Casoni who, in 1999-2000, had only posted 22.2% success in 18 matches managed. The only bright spot was that OM, 13th in Ligue 1, reached the final of the Coupe de France against PSG (2-4), but with… Franck Passi on the bench.
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