Jonathan DAVID of Lille scores his second goal during the French Ligue 1 soccer match between Lille OSC and Olympique Marseille at Stade Pierre Mauroy on March 3, 2021 in Lille, France. (Photo by Baptiste Fernandez / Icon Sport) – Pierre Mauroy Stadium – Lille (France)
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Good things come to those who wait for. But hey, if we had known, we would have waited for the 85th to skip over this Lille OM. For the last of Nasser Larguet on the Olympian bench, Marseille offered us a total performance of football nothing. Lille, as usual, wait for the 89th to start scoring goals.
The race for the title and for Europe stopped at Villeneuve-d’Ascq on Wednesday. This Lille Marseille is a rather balanced history in the recent past. The last 5 confrontations? 2 wins on each side, and 1 draw. Players who put pressure on the other? Thauvin on one side, Lihadji on the other. Crazy courses in the Champions League? 3 points for the OM and a series of anthology, 1 for the LOSC 1 year ago. Presidents fired? 1 everywhere.
In short, distant enemies on paper, but so similar in reality. This match will be the last of an epic. That of Colonel Sanders’ double, Nasser Larguet. He may not have shown a flawless tactical genius, he will have brought appeasement and serenity in each of his speeches. Nasser is our ASMR.
Ditch everything to remake the world with Nasser Larguet
– Fédé ???????? de la Lose (@FFLose) March 3, 2021
On the other side, a Lille which comes out of its worst week of the year. Fired manu militari from the Europa League by Ajax, and after having obtained an almost miraculous draw against Strasbourg, the LOSC lost all its lead. And they saw Lyon pass in front of them a few minutes before their kick-off. But hey, the pressure in the North, we know. Amber if possible.
The summary of the match
As much to be clear enough, the first half is forgettable. In fact, since the match against Brest, the solution to the ex-Lille steamroller seems to have been found. Park the bus, put on the handbrake and wait for the mastiffs to sink into your central defense and on a misunderstanding send a counter. Lille dominate, but do not get any chances. They bark, but don’t bite. OM wait quietly and are happy to see Balerdi not suffer the same fate as Paqueta when his hand caresses the leather in the box.
And then, as time goes on, the pressure drops and the Marseillais put their foot on the ball a little to discover a little what the part of the Lille field looks like. But not much to put in their mouths either. No doubt we would have enjoyed ourselves a little more in front of Top Chef. But hey, making crappy choices is kind of our DNA after all. We could still have made the Bordeaux PSG, there was even a very rare event: a goal from Sarabia.
What cruelty to type this LOSC OM when there is Top Chef
– Fédé ???????? de la Lose (@FFLose) March 3, 2021
Back from the locker room for an identical start to the second act. A sterile domination, but actions a little sharper on the Lille side. So, we hope that the changes bring some movement. For the first time in his life, Thauvin experienced a match in Lille without jokes and was replaced by Germain, when Yazici came out for Bamba, sad to start a match on the bench for only the second time of the year.
And Olympique de Marseille deploys its camping technique in front of its own goal. They brought out the luxury model Queschua, and wait patiently for the end of the match to return to the hostel. Problem, if this technique sometimes works when you are a regional 2 in the Coupe de France, it is quite limited in the long term in Ligue 1. Strike from Ikoné, poorly captured by Mandanda yet irreproachable so far and Jonathan David sends the Marseillais on holiday. And on a counter, he wedges a second just behind. Hopefully for those who still find the courage to make the matches of OM that Sampaoli will bring an idea of play, otherwise Prozac will be necessary.
Tops
Steve Mandanda
Sometimes the spark that sets off madness comes from a guardian. Against Nantes, his strike next to the ball started the match. But there nothing to put in their mouths. But patience is a virtue, and it is from him that deliverance will come. A superb soft stop that lets the ball slide along his body to offer Jonathan David.
Arkadiusz Milik
Even though he is not helped by the total absence of his team’s game plan, he perfectly replaced Benedetto in the Marseille offensive animation. A superb jogging in fundamental endurance combined with a moldy strike in which he loses his support. A total service. Not even replaced by Larguet who, like all of us, had to forget that he was on the pitch.
The Flops
Jonathan David
While this match could have been a perfect score of sterile attack defense, the Canadian came to shatter our dreams of 0-0 by appearing against Mandanda. Unacceptable.
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