According to BFM Marseille Provence, Olympique De Marseille players – together with a handful of employees – flew to the Spanish capital on Monday afternoon to celebrate their direct qualification for the UEFA Champions League group phase of next season. The Mini-Getaway comes away from their 3-1 victory to Le Havre on Saturday, a result that mathematically protects their top-three finish in Ligue 1.head coach Roberto de Zerbi is not part of the group, while club managers are also left behind. Training will resume on Wednesday afternoon while the team is preparing to close the season at Rennes on Saturday.
The initiative previously reflects this campaign a similar team building trip to Copenhagen and follows a successful two-week Ritiro in Rome that turned out to be crucial during the run-in. That Italian training camp, aimed at breaking the routine and illuminating the tense atmosphere in the Robert-Louis Dreyfus Training Center, laid the foundation for a strong finish. Since then, Marseille has taken seven points of three games to seal their place on the Ligue 1 stage. GFFN | George Boxall