Brutal stop for the Olympique de Marseille. After two consecutive victories, the Marseille club was disillusioned by being overthrown by Brest (1-2), the team in shape of the moment, this Saturday on behalf of the 17th day of Ligue 1.
In front of a Stade Velodrome in fusion with 55,000 supporters, the Marseillais put on a great intensity and really besieged the Breton camp. With inspired creatives, like Payet and Harit, the Phocéens obtained their first situations in the box but Gerson, scorer Wednesday in Nantes (1-0), was defeated by Bizot, who folded well, while de la Fuente was being countered.
Jorge Sampaoli’s men loosened their grip slightly then but were patient and they were rewarded by the man in shape of the moment, Gerson, who opened the scoring after a one-two with Payet (1-0, 29th)! Once in the lead, OM logically lowered their footing a little and Brest began to point the tip of its nose against, without really worrying the Marseillais in their match.
More messy when returning from the locker room, the locals were disillusioned when the referee, Mr. Angoula, whistled a penalty in favor of Michel Der Zakarian’s men after an arm from Kamara. Rather severe but the bad reflex of the Marseillais was there … Faivre transformed him by taking Lopez on the wrong foot (1-1, 53rd). Completely uninhibited, the Bretons came close to a new goal against, but Alvaro cleared in disaster then Le Douaron missed his recovery in an ideal position.
OM also missed the match point on a too-framed recovery from Guendouzi then Payet was countered at the last minute. Opposite, Honorat was much more realistic by giving the advantage to the visitors of a superb strike entered with the help of the bar (1-2, 71st)! Stunned, the Marseillais had difficulty recovering even if Gerson had the equalizer ball at the end of the foot which he missed on a breaking shot, and it was on the contrary Lopez who had to work to close the door to Cardona. Beaten, OM risk losing their place as runners-up, while Brest temporarily climbs to 6th place thanks to this 6th consecutive victory!
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POSSESSION (%) 74 % 26 % |
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PASSES (successful%) 823 (92 %) 291 (76 %) |
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TIRS (framed) 16 (4) 9 (4) |
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PLAYING CORNERS 5 0 |
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FAULTS SUBJECTED 7 10 |
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