Find the Tops and Flops after Marseille’s 3-1 victory against Brest as part of the 29th day of Ligue 1.
TOPS
Bis repetita for the Phocaeans
The Marseille fans experienced another thrilling end to the game on the occasion of Jorge Sampaoli’s second victory in two matches on the Marseille bench. OM won 3-1 on their turf against a valiant Brest team. We had to wait until the 88th minute to see Florian Thauvin deliver his team with an overpowering strike, leaving Gautier Larsonneur no chance. And to finish in style, Mickaël Cuisance came to participate in the party by scoring the goal of the break in extra time (90 + 3rd) with a superb volley. Two goals in two games for the Marseille midfielder, on loan from Bayern Munich, who had a similar end to the match a few days earlier against Rennes by scoring the only goal of the game in the 88th minute (1-0 victory ). This Saturday afternoon, the solution again came from the bench. The Argentine coach brought in Luis Henrique who delivered two assists. Enough to revive a group in difficulty in recent weeks and hope for a slightly more rosy end of the season for the Phocéens.
Arkadiusz Milik, maximum efficiency
Arkadiusz Milik opened the scoring just before the break (45 + 1st) on the only shot on target of the first period. A formidable efficiency of the Polish striker, thus confirming that the Olympian leaders were right to pick him up in Naples this winter. Milik came in this role, he confirms all the hopes placed in him since he was again decisive. Replaced in the 84th minute by Dario Benedetto, he confirms that he is number one in the hierarchy despite the arrival of the new coach.
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FLOPS
Jean Lucas, an expensive mistake
On the ground, Jean Lucas posed a lot of problems for the Marseillais by his positioning and his activity in the midfield. The Brest number 6, on loan from Olympique Lyonnais, turned into a boss in the midfield battle, directing the game from left to right, stretching his team’s block and sometimes causing some faults as is the case. case on the yellow card of Thauvin (38th). However, the 22-year-old spoiled a previously successful performance on Thauvin’s scoring action in the 88th minute. Jean Lucas decides to isolate himself towards the corner post to save time and clear the danger. His recovery is completely missed and the ball recovery of the Marseillais will lead to the goal of 2-1. This action will remain the big black point of the performance of the Brazilian.
A Brest attack lacking inspiration
As soon as the team composition was announced, Olivier Dall’Oglio showed his ambition to come and get the three points at the Stade Vélodrome. A starting eleven rather offensive with the tenure of Le Douaron, Faivre, Mounié and Charbonnier in particular. However, the offensive animation of his team was rather weak throughout the game where the Brest attackers had very few opportunities to eat. The Stade Brestois coach tried to revive the offensive dynamic of his team when it was led 1-0 with the entry of Cardona and Fadiga on the hour mark. The equalizer nevertheless intervened on a header from the central defender Lilian Brassier. A lack of opportunity which did not allow Brest to obtain the slightest result in Marseille.
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