The Marseille-Lille shock promises to be a great advertisement for Ligue 1, this weekend for the 7th day.
Tantalizing Ligue 1 poster on Saturday (9 p.m.) at the Vélodrome stadium, the duel between Marseille, tied for 2nd with Paris SG (16 pts), and Lille (6th, 10 pts) promises a show and great exposure for all the partner brands. of both clubs. Problem: The main jersey sponsor of OM and Losc, the British online car seller Cazoo, announced Thursday that it wants to stop its operations in the European Union, a decision which will lead to the end of its sports partnerships. While the company promises toend these relationships in an orderly manner“, the two clubs are waiting, with the fear of losing an important source of income and of having to convince, in an emergency, another major sponsor to display its brand on their tunics.
This is an additional reason to wet the jersey on Saturday at the Vélodrome in this duel between Lille, champion of France 2021, and Marseille, vice-champion 2022 and author of an excellent start to the season, despite a frustrating inaugural defeat on Wednesday to Tottenham in the Champions League (2-0). “I am of course satisfied with our start to the championship, we took a lot of points“, commented last weekend the Marseille coach Igor Tudor, jeered at his debut but who is starting to “reap the rewards of all the hard work».
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«It’s a very positive start to the season“, he summarized, while OM hopes to follow the hellish pace of PSG, which receives Brest on Saturday (5:00 p.m.) for as long as possible. Beware, however, of Lille, carried by their center forward Jonathan David and by the ambitious precepts of the game of coach Paulo Fonseca: the “Dogues“seem better away at the start of the season with 7 out of 9 points taken away from the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, against two defeats in three home matches…