Shoulder to shoulder. Barely two hours after the sluggish victory of PSG against Brest, Olympique de Marseille responded to the Parisian rival with a much more convincing success against LOSC (2-1), Saturday September 10, during the 7th day of the League 1. In an intense match, first at the hands of Lille, the Marseillais showed resilience to overthrow the Mastiffs, who had quickly opened the scoring by Ismaily (12th).
Heckled at the start of the game, OM then put on the boss’s costume seen on Wednesday evening against Tottenham in the Champions League, despite the defeat. Back in business, the Phocaeans first equalized through Alexis Sanchez before Samuel Gigot gave his side the advantage after returning from the locker room. A convincing success for OM, against a direct competitor for Europe.
With nineteen points collected in seven days, Marseille is the only team to follow the infernal pace imposed by PSG at the start of the season. A great feat, quite simply unprecedented for the Marseille club: it is indeed the best start to the season in the club’s history in Ligue 1. The previous record dates from 2012-2013, with six victories in the first six days. of championship. But against Lille, the great Olympian series almost came to an end.
Convincing since the start of the season, Lille posed a lot of problems to the Marseillais at the start of the game, in particular by neutralizing the Olympian pistons on the wings. Jammed, the Marseille machine was even caught out on an acceleration from Lille, followed by a strike on the post by Adam Ounas, taken over by Ismaily (12th). But Igor Tudor’s men have character, like the Croatian technician, who did not hesitate to release Leonardo Balerdi before the half hour mark.
0 – Leonardo Balerdi in 28 minutes v Lille:
0⃣ duel won
0⃣ interception
0⃣ clearance
9⃣ lost balloons
1⃣ yellow card
Replaced. pic.twitter.com/26mLwxcVmV— OptaJean (@OptaJean) September 10, 2022
Alongside his crampons, the Argentinian experienced a sacred emotional lift, since OM had barely equalized, on a counter flash, perfectly led by Ämine Harit, before Cengiz Ünder crossed for Alexis Sanchez, author of his fourth goal of the season (26th). The entry of Nuno Tavares in his place gave a boost to the Marseillais, reinvigorated, who therefore left no crumbs for the Mastiffs.
Authors of a thunderous start to the second half, the Olympians were logically rewarded on the hour mark with a distant free kick, deflected by Kolasinac and taken over by an opportunistic Gigot, at the extreme limit of offside (61st). Marseille was then able to manage the end of the match, without ever being frankly heckled by a little tender Lille, overwhelmed by the physical impact of OM. At the time of the accounts, Marseille hangs three more points, and recovers the head to the place after the defeat of Wednesday in Tottenham. A good omen before the reception of Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday at 9 p.m., in the Champions League.