Roten on Pavard s apology to fans: I find it very confusing, it s purely a PR move

October 28th Pavard had his worst week since joining Marseille. He became one of the "culprits" in the team's losses to Sporting CP and Lens. Although DiMeco appreciated the French defender's admission of error, Wroten and Dugarry did not buy it.

Since signing for Marseille at the end of the summer transfer window, Pavard has performed well at the beginning of the season, but he has experienced a very bad week recently. To put it simply, in the games against Sporting CP and Lens, Marseille conceded a total of 4 goals, and the 2018 World Cup winner was unfortunately involved in each of them - poor defensive coverage, own goals, conceded points and own goals. The hapless defender immediately apologized to Marseille fans after the loss. For Wroten, the move was puzzling.

Wroten said: "Today, a lot of the behavior of this generation is difficult for me to understand. But Pavard does not belong to the new generation of players. He is almost 30 years old and is towards the end of his career rather than the beginning. He has a brilliant resume, won a lot of games, and had a lot of good and not so good performances. Of course, he has had highs and lows. But I have never seen him communicate in this way."

"With this kind of messaging, first and foremost One thing - and this is why I blamed him on the show - it's purely PR. If you do PR, at a certain point, something gets over your head. The other thing I also wanted to accuse him of is that you can't send a message to everyone that you apologize for your performance. You know, when you step on the field, the goal is to perform well, be the best, and try to help the team win."

" There are times when you want to do your best and Pavard failed to do so against Sporting CP and even Real Madrid. His poor performances at the beginning of the season were often in away games, and when his level improved, he seemed a little out of his depth. We saw that against Lens. I think at the beginning of these games he was trying to use his experience, talent and quality to make a good game. ”

“When you don’t behave well When the time comes, you should shut up and admit it. You admit it, and then it’s time to get back to work. Because now he's putting extra pressure on himself in the next game. Who's to say he won't be terrible in the next game? Because this situation can happen. What will he say then? Want to send another apology message? "

Dugarry also expressed his opinion on Pavard's comments after a terrible week. In his view, there is no point in apologizing for one or two poor performances.

Dugarry said: "I think it's just ridiculous. If he has to apologize every game for poor performance, bad passes or own goals... it's just too sad and too ridiculous. I think players go to the fans after the game. It's ridiculous to accept criticism in front of the stage. This is so boring! If you apologize for unacceptable behavior, such as elbowing an opponent or hitting him in the face and getting sent off, this is unacceptable. If the team apologizes for causing problems, then I can still understand it. Let’s call it, this is something that has nothing to do with football. "

"However, own goals, passing errors, missed points... If every player had to apologize every time he made a mistake, we would be too busy. I find this pointless and purely a PR move. And I don’t think it works at all. If I were a Marseille fan, I would think, I don't care if Pavard doesn't apologize. ”

Di Meco, who once played for Marseille, is the Val defended: "I'm of the same generation as you, and I'm always surprised when players apologize. But I try to look further and not just look at the front like you do. These young people, they have been using Instagram their whole lives, and everything they do has to be talked about on it. So he just went through what may be the worst week of his career... It's normal for him to have such thoughts. I'm not sure the fans will be dissatisfied with this."

" You are antiques living in the last century. I try to see what young people are doing now. See, they all communicate on Instagram. This guy was sitting on the plane back from Lens after the game and he felt terrible because he had just been through a week of hell... Of course he had to apologize in the dressing room. Then he sent a message to the fans and that was it. It's not a big deal, he's human and you, you're just a bunch of old fogies. "