Live broadcast on 04/0 The team reported that a violent conflict broke out between Marseille coach De Zerbi and the players.

On 31 0 at the Marseille training centre, a rare fierce confrontation between coaches and professional players was staged. At noon that day, disgusted by the attitude of the whole team, De Zerbi announced to the dressing room: "I will not lead the team to train today. ”

Faced with the manager's abrupt abandonment and the training sessions run by a bloated coaching staff, the dressing room collectively decided to boycott: "Then we won't be training either. As the minutes ticked by, Superintendent Benatia showed up to mediate. The conversation with the players lasted almost an hour. The director demanded that the Marseille players live up to their professional responsibilities and deserve the huge amount of money the club has invested in their salaries and day-to-day security two days after the 3-0 defeat at Reims.

Instead of backing down, the players questioned Benatia's experience at Roma, Bayern Munich, Juventus and other giants: "Have you ever seen a coach at this level of club do such a thing? They suggested that if De Zerbi is reluctant to lead the team this week, logically he should not be on the bench at the weekend. The players denounced the club's double-standard behavior of "when the results are good, it is a big family, and when the performance is poor, the players are blamed".

"Against Reims, with your level and the squad you put out, you should win even without a coach." Mediator Benatia emphasized. In the end, the players finished training in the evening, and De Zerbi stood on the sidelines dozens of meters away, ignoring even the assistant coach he had been working with for a long time.

Since taking charge of Marseille, the Italian coach has practiced "emotional management", alternating carrots with sticks, sometimes boasting of a strict father and sometimes playing the role of a loving father. After the fiasco against Reims, he decided to implement a closed training camp in the training center, repeatedly emphasizing that he must be at the sole discretion of day-to-day affairs. In fact, this is the status quo, which several players have privately confirmed. In the dressing room on Sunday, in addition to his usual targets of criticism, Luis Enrique and Mason Greenwood, he also pointed the finger at the long-blacklisted Lirola. A heated argument broke out between the two, with De Zerbi pointing directly at the Spanish wing-back: "Nobody wanted you last summer, only I believed in you. You're going to repay me with this kind of defense? ”

Sunday's programme includes a group watch of Toulouse's 30-0 Brest match (in preparation for this weekend's opponent Toulouse), with players allowed to leave at 0:0. Privately, some Muslim players calmly expressed their regret that they were not able to spend Eid al-Fitr with their families. And the discussion of "family" is brought up again in the cold dialogue. "I've never seen my family, so don't even think about seeing them." De Zerbi explains the closure policy this way. "But for him, it's a personal choice." A core player sighed to those around him.

週一，當德澤爾比發現餐廳里某些態度過於放鬆（尤其是利羅拉等人的零星笑容）時，局勢滑向荒誕。“你們想讓我失敗？那我們就一起失敗！”教練怒吼道。這讓人想起去年11月8日0-3負於歐塞爾后他的暴怒發言：“你們羞辱了我，在主場球迷面前羞辱了俱樂部！你們就是群沒卵蛋的軟蛋！”

Although five months later he was away at Reims and called the captain of the "eggless" Ballerdi the "best centre-back". This is De Zerbi: emotional, extreme, tight as a bowstring. The humiliation of Brassier last autumn and the near-hand-to-hand fight with Koné confirm that his style has not changed.

三月中旬國家德比（1-3告負）前，他曾兩次在訓練開始15分鐘後叫停，勒令全隊更衣離場。但更衣室對“大棒政策”的耐受度似乎已達極限，尤其在戰績持續低迷的背景下。

Rabiot's pre-match speech in Reims on Saturday was meant to warn of a split in the dressing room: "There are 7 games left, and it's up to you whether you want to play in the Champions League or not. I'm here for this. If someone doesn't want to play, say it before the game and give way. But the impact of the winter window on the dressing room balance and De Zerbi's double-standard management (such as allowing Hojbjerg to take time off on Monday) are still fermenting. De Zerbi's decision to strike had at least one effect: to bring the players together for a while – against him.