It only took a quarter of an hour of play for Olympique de Marseille to understand that its entry into the running in the Coupe de France 2023, from the 32nd finals, would not be a walk in the park. In a relocated match in Martigues, in front of 11,000 spectators, the Phocaeans were immediately in difficulty against Hyères, resident of National 2. who very quickly left his teammates at 10. Sticking together, they still managed to take the lead at half-time, thanks to a generous penalty converted by Alexis Sanchez.
For Bailly, the meeting will remain to be forgotten. In the 15th minute, the Ivorian misjudged a through pass and lifted his foot to take the ball, when he was well behind. His sole then hit the chest of Moussa N’Diaye, launched at full speed in the counterattack, who immediately collapsed. Logically expelled by the referee, the Marseillais attended, outside the limits of the field, the evacuation on a stretcher of his opponent, after four long minutes of stoppage of play. While the first rumors affirmed that the attacker had been directly transported to the hospital, he was finally able to stay at the stadium and attend the end of the match.
In numerical inferiority, the Phocaeans then recovered, but for a long time stumbled on the Hyérois block, rather attractive this afternoon, and touched the bar on a strike from Jordan Veretout. They were thus very happy when a penalty was awarded to them, in the 44th minute, for a disputed foul on Cergiz Ünder. Without VAR to reconsider his decision, the referee stuck to his position, not necessarily obvious when viewing the images in slow motion. Responsible for launching his own, Alexis Sanchez did not tremble, deceiving Charly Jan with a subtle panenka (1-0), just before halftime.