Olympic Marseille collected their second consecutive defeat at the start of the Champions League group stage. Ligue 1 runner-up fell by a minimum against Eintracht Frankfurtin a duel in which Alexis Sánchez played from the start.
Because the port team did not feel comfortable at the start of the match. Although he tried to push the Germans up, the truth is that he had too many doubts when he tried to play in the middle.
Thus, his game became long and very vertical, with many long passes. More aware of an individuality than of a triangulation that would endanger the orderly approach of Frankfurt.
In that dynamic, the Chilean Sanchez he saw himself very far from his possible collaborations in the party. Despite this, the Tocopillano had the clearest OM in the first quarter of an hour.
When the clock does not touch the dozen minutes, the historic striker of the Rossi pierces a ball on the edge of the small area, but his right misses a little and hits the outside of the German goal.
the same Chilean had a new approach at 24 minutes, but could not comfortably reach the center of Nuno Tavares from the left, the two best players of the French team, in the first half.
On the other hand, the Teutonic team has taken refuge very close to their area, but the rival cannot find the spaces. The duel became very close in the middle of the field and he lost a lot in risky actions.
At 38 ‘a cross from the left of the local attack was not reconnected by central defender Leonardo Balerdi or by the attacker trained in Cobreloa.
However, the background of the Marseillais did not generate security. A two minutes of the interval, the ball was rejected badly by Eric Baily, which ended in the conquest of Jesper Lindström, after the involuntary rejected by the French Valentin Rongier.
Despite the team’s attitude Igor Tudor at the beginning of extra time, his team could not find answers to at least get the draw, in front of a crowded and noisy Velodrome stadium.
The couple between Sánchez and Dimitri Payet could not find the course of the match and the Croatian coach decided to hit the scoreboard. At 59 minutes, the DT decided to leave the Boy Wonder, who walked off the field visibly upset.
Payet also came out with a decision that, finally, gave a new air to the Marseille cast. The entry of the Colombian Luis Suárez, the Moroccan Amine Harit and the Turkish Cengiz Ünder has given greater mobility to the offensive of the Gauls.
In the 66th minute an overflow by Suárez ended with a central defender Rongier finishing on goal, but the great reaction of goalkeeper Kevin Trapp prevented the goal. Less than five minutes later, the coffee striker misses incredibly from the spot.
But overtaking Olympique’s lines exposed him to the speed of the Europa League monarch’s counterattack. With 15 minutes left, a shot by Congolese-born Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani was well blocked by local goalkeeper Pau López, when the visitor was already celebrating his second goal.
It was the first yellow card, because with eleven minutes left the Japanese Daichi Kamada took advantage of the lack of awareness of the locals and his goal was canceled for an advanced position.
In the final minutes, two great saves by goalkeeper López were the corollary of the imbalance experienced by Olympique de Marseille, a team that suffered a bitter defeat of the lows, as the option of qualification is seen further and further away.
This, because in the Another Group D match, Sporting de Portugal scored a perfect season in two games after beating Tottenham 2-0 in Lisbon.
The German side, which had Chilean Charles Aránguiz on the bench with one minute to go, secured a valuable 2-0 win against the always difficult Atlético de Madrid.
The cast of the Reno added the first points in group B after sealing the victory with the conquests of Robert Andrich (84 ‘) and Moussa Diaby (88’). The great protagonist of this area is the Bruges Club of Belgium who gave the surprise after beating Porto 4-0 in Portugal, getting six points on two dates.
In Group C, Bayern Münich beat Barcelona 2-0 in Germany with goals from Lucas Hernández (50 ‘) and Leroy Sané (54’). The Bavarians are leaders with six units and second is Barça, in addition to Inter, who have obtained the first points after beating Viktoria Plzen at home.
In Group A, the Liverpool finalist secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ajax Amsterdam. Mohamed Salah opened the score in the 17 ‘and Mohammed Kudus equalized in the 27’. One from the end, Joel Matip got the winning goal.
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