The day after a similar message from OM President Pablo Longoria, Dimitri Payet called on Marseille supporters to “exemplarity“Saturday, while the OM-PSG shock must be held Sunday at 8:45 p.m. at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, as part of the 11th day of Ligue 1.
“Tomorrow night, it’s a clasico, we know what it represents for the club, for the city, for us, the Marseillais, the players“said Payet in a video posted to social media.”But above all, it must remain a party, it must remain the party of football“, continued the OM striker:”Marseille supporters, we need you. The encouragement, your presence, the tifos, everything will come together, but we also need an example“.
“Whatever happens on the pitch, whatever happens, the score, we need examples“, adds Dimitri Payet.”We need you here, don’t forget that we are on probation, we risk losing a point and all the points are important, these are points that we will miss at the end of the season.“, he concludes.
“Marseille supporters, we need you.” – Dimitri Payet
Since incidents in the stands during the Angers-Marseille match on September 22, OM is under the threat of a withdrawal of one point in the standings in the event of a repeat offense. Already on Friday, the president of OM launched an appeal for calm, calling for the meeting to remain “a great football moment“and deploring that the start of the season in L1 has been marked”by incidents that tarnish the image of football all over France“. Sunday, the arrival in Marseille of the Paris SG of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé will be the first very big summit of Ligue 1 with more than 65,000 spectators expected according to the club.