OM put pressure on Ligue 1 leaders

At the start of the 21st day, Olympique de Marseille did not field its last two recruits (Azzedine Ounahi was on the bench, Vitinha not called up), but the Marseille club had a good card to play on the field of an FC Nantes little flamboyant lately. Indeed, a victory allowed the Olympians to temporarily overtake RC Lens in the standings and come back to within two small lengths of Paris Saint-Germain before the Ile-de-France match in Montpellier.

Dominating at La Beaujoire, Igor Tudor’s men had to wait an hour of play to make the difference on an own goal by Nantes rookie João Victor. A lucky goal but which is enough to bring happiness to more deserving Marseillais in this match. Result: the reigning French vice-champions remain on seven wins and a draw in their last eight L1 matches. An excellent series which does not allow them to get closer to a winning PSG in the Hérault (3-1). On the other hand, OM stole second place from RC Lens beaten by Nice (0-1). Marseille is therefore more than ever engaged in the title race, especially since the partners of Alexis Sanchez will face Nice next Sunday and PSG on February 26.

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But on the Canebière, everyone plays it low profile. Starting with Igor Tudor. “As I said before, what matters is the next game. We give our best and the next match is at home (against Nice). My ambition and that of the team is to win against Nice on Sunday.he said at a press conference in Nantes, imitated a few moments later by Mattéo Guendouzi. “We are calm, confident. We know what we are capable of. We are on a good dynamic. We will try to win as many matches as possible. We stay focused on ourselves, on what we have to do. We are going to have an important match against Nice. We take the matches one after the other..

In the end, only Valentin Rongier agreed to talk about the pressure put by his people… before kicking into touch when the title of champion is mentioned. “We put pressure on the teams in front and just behind us. We continue, we have an important rhythm and we will have to count on us. Talking about the title… There are still a lot of matches left. If we continue like this, it is sure that we will be able to do beautiful things. We will have the right to dream. But for the moment, we are concentrating on ourselves, we do not have that objective in mind. We know that if we continue to win, it will be positive for us.. See you next Sunday.