In a closed-door stadium and facing a Gironde team diminished by the Covid-19, Marseille won in Bordeaux (1-0), Friday, January 7. A first since 1977. The Olympians largely dominated the Navy and White lacking physical freshness for some, and deprived of several players. The Marseillais of Cengiz Ünder, the scorer of the evening, take the opportunity to take second place while waiting for the meeting of OGC Nice against Brest.
Despite requests to postpone the match from the Gironde club when 21 of its players have tested positive in the past three weeks, the match against OM had been maintained by the League. To express their dissatisfaction, the Bordeaux leaders had decided to go behind closed doors, but the FCGB supporters all the same turned out in large numbers around the stadium to accompany their players and denounce “injustice” with unequivocal banners: “FFF / LFP: business before health”.
On the ground, the absence of spectators did not help the actors of the meeting to get the game going. Olympique de Marseille dominated the match from the first to the last minute without conceding many chances. Faced with a Bordeaux team who had chosen to proceed against, Jorge Sampaoli’s men opened the scoring in the 38th minute, through Cengiz Ünder, who took advantage of a poor clearance from Benoît Costil.
⏱ 37 ‘| #FCGBOM 0️⃣-1⃣
THE BUUUUUUUUUUT CENGIZ FOR THE OPENING OF THE SCORE ️ pic.twitter.com/oWmrJgPWiI
– Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) January 7, 2022
The Bordeaux goalkeeper then caught up well by interposing several times to prevent the Olympians from widening the lead. In front, his teammates did not try their luck for the first time until the 42nd minute, and it was not until the 69th to see the first shot on target. Despite better intentions and greater intensity in the second period, the Bordelais have never been able to worry the Marseillais.
The Girondins therefore see their invincibility against the Phocéens end at home in the league, under special conditions, which Yacine Adli regretted at the end of the meeting: “We played a match at 100% of our ability […] I don’t even prefer to come back to the Covid, if I say what I have on my heart, I risk having big problems. “ On the contrary, Marseille captain Dimitri Payet was necessarily delighted with his team’s performance: “It’s historic. Beyond the three points, it’s extraordinary. I lived eight or nine years when coming here you didn’t win. Tonight we are putting an end to the longest streak in Ligue 1 and believe me, we are proud of us. “