This Sunday evening, Olympique de Marseille was under pressure. Indeed, the Olympians had been overtaken by Lens during the weekend and they therefore absolutely had to win to regain the place of runner-up to Paris SG, which was defeated this afternoon against Rennes. But for that, it was necessary to face the valiant Stade de Reims of Will Still.
What is more to Auguste Delaune. Even tougher therefore since the Rémois remained on a good series (19 matches without defeat in Ligue 1). We then said to ourselves, in the cold Champagne, that it would be even harder after the fine opener by Folarin Balogun, the house serial scorer. But this season, Igor Tudor can count on an exceptional player: Alexis Sanchez.
He first scored with a sublime free kick, his second of the season after the one in Monaco at the end of last year, then he was on the lookout for a long dismissal from Pau Lopez to beat Yehvann Diouf , who was not very attentive. Then, he gratified an enclosure where there were many Marseilles with beautiful technical gestures and equally beautiful ball retention.
Tudor is happy
” Yes, he did what a leader should do, including in the dressing room at half-time, we are lucky to have him. I want to congratulate the team because we played against, I said, one of the best teams in France “Enthused an Igor Tudor who seemed in a hurry to finish his press conference and return to Marseille. We cannot contradict him when we see the Chilean nagging or encouraging his teammates throughout the meeting.
Thanks to the two goals from their Chilean, which bring their tally to twelve in Ligue 1, but also to an iron defence, the Phocaeans recovered their second place and even grabbed a few points from Paris Saint-Germain. However, now a truce is announced which will last two weeks. Time to recharge the batteries and come back to secure this second place and more if you like…
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