Here is Olympique de Marseille (OM) at the top of Ligue 1. With the favor of its new success, Saturday October 4, in Metz (3-0), OM joins Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at the top of the classification (15 points) but benefits from a better difference in goals, pending the sequence of the 7e Day, Sunday – PSG goes to Lille and OL receives Toulouse.
At the other end of the ranking, Metz remains last with only two points, without the slightest victory on the clock or certainties for a possible maintenance.
The match will therefore have not foiled any prognosis between the Marseillais, in a resplendent form with four consecutive successes in the league, and the lowest team of this start to the season. But the suspense at least lasted for the time of the first period, during which Marseille overall dominated without finding the fault despite several Mason Greenwood (5e30e) et Angel Gomes (9e), a clearly favorable possession (64 %) and nine shots at one.
As often lately, it was the Brazilian Igor Peaceao who has released the situation by opening the scoring (1-0, 51e) a strike headed by Sadibou Sané after a center of Robinio Vaz, holder despite his 18th birthday and author of an encouraging service. This meeting also confirmed that Paixao was the major asset of the Marseillais in attack, after his double against Ajax Amsterdam (4-0) in the Champions League this week.
Tensions in the stands and interrupted match
It was then Matt O’riley who took the light at the Saint-Symphorien stadium, first by doubling the gap of a clear strike at the entrance to the surface (2-0, 69e), then by offering the third goal to Amine Gouiri (3-0, 76e) After a delicious exchange.
“I am very happy, (…) This is the kind of games that we lost last year, we got into maturity and the team is much stronger now”was satisfied with OM coach Roberto de Zerbi. “It’s my best time since I have been in Marseille, but it’s precisely when everything is going well that you have to stay on the lookout”tempered the Italian.
Aware of the difference in level with their opponent, the Messinas players dropped to the point of annoying their own supporters who began to leave the stadium in the wake of the third goal. Tensions were then born in the stands, which pushed the referee Clément Turpin to interrupt the game, while part of the Messins supporters sang: “Direction, resignation. »»
When the game resumed, the match had no longer stakes. Jonathan Fischer had to intervene twice in additional time before Bilal Nadir then Mason Greenwood to avoid grenats from undergoing a heavier defeat.
But it was too much for the Saint-Symphorien stadium, which accompanied the final whistle of hoots. The match had however started with a minute of applause in tribute to Marcel Husson, former coach of the club Messin, winner of the French Cup in 1988, who died the day before.
Lens winner in additional time
The Racing Club of Lens also enjoyed the last meeting before the international window and points in 4e Position (13 points) after having knocked out at the Auxerre at the abbot-deschamps stadium at ten against eleven on a decisive goal from Abdallah Sima in the 96e minute (2-1).
The teammates of the 2018 world champion Florian Thauvin had opened the brand thanks to the first goal of Odsonne Edouard (14e) since his return to Ligue 1 in August. But the ex-Crystal Palace attacker, trained at PSG, did not have too much time to savor since he had to give up his place before the injury break.
L’An (15e With 6 points) then pushed well after half-time, managing to return to the display board on a head of the Chilean defender Francisco Sierralta (61e). But despite the exclusion of Ismaelo Ganiou in the 73e Minute, the blood and gold believed there to the end to tear the three points on a magnificent Sima’s head following a final corner.
Brest (10e with 8 points) and Nantes (14e With 6 points) left them in a draw (0-0) which does not help the affairs of the Canaries, without victory in four outings.