Ligue 1 – Matchday 16 – 6-1: OM scatters Toulouse like a puzzle

Recovery with great pomp and place on the podium for the OM. The Marseilles nipped the too soft Toulouse (6-1), Thursday, during the 16th day of Ligue 1.

In a very open match, they let their offensive qualities speak and offered themselves a festival like the superb goals of Sead Kolasinac, Dimitri Payet or Nuno Tavares. In third place are Igor Tudor’s men. Those of Philippe Montanier remain 13th but suffer the fourth consecutive defeat.

On the lawn of the Vélodrome, the Violets have clearly paid for their temerity. If they showed real ambition in the match during the opening minutes, they didn’t resist the Olympic fury for long. Jonathan Clauss persisted after a failed start on the break and sent Samuel Gigot down the right for a low cross cut perfectly by Valentin Rongier from six meters (1-0, 13th). The former Nantes player scored his first league goal of the season and gave his team confidence.

Payet finds himself

Unleashed, very mobile and powerful, the Phocaeans had a big highlight in the wake of this opening and set fire to the opposing area. Payet shot Maxime Dupé (18th), Alexis Sanchez was narrowly blocked (21st). In the legs and motivated for this return as owner, the Reunionese also dared to control the chest and sombrero in midfield then lob 35 meters, without success however (32nd).

Toulouse ended up recovering though, and had two big chances just before the break with Farès Chaïbi’s header wide from six meters (38th) then a fine save from Pau Lopez against Thijs Dallinga (44th ). . Except that in the meantime, Rasmus Nicolaisen had scored against his team by beating Dupé with a clumsy header after an opening from Payet (2-0, 41′).

Kolasinac also treats

After the break, the Phocaeans started very strong but Payet missed the target from a cross by the very active Clauss (46th). Kolasinac let himself be intercepted by a pass from Pape Gueye towards Sanchez in the area of ​​the truth then he dribbled with his sole and finished close in finesse (3-0, 51st). Served again by Clauss at the entrance to the opposing area, Payet shows that he has lost none of his accuracy with a shot sent into the left corner by a Dupé not helped by his defenders (4-0, 62′).

Toulouse narrowed well the penalty score obtained by the incoming Veljko Birmancevic and converted by Branco van den Boomen (4-1, 66th) and the discussions became intense again but OM still showed efficiency. Fresh off the bench, Bamba Dieng benefited from a penalty and Cengiz Under converted it to unlock his goal this season (5-1, 80th). Tavares also entered the game and shakes the guests’ nets for the last time with a powerful shot on a Clauss service (6-1, 82nd). So it’s 3 successes in a row for OM who returns with a bang in the Champions League race.