Lille win against Marseille and get a little closer to European qualification

2023-05-20 23:24:54

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Lille won against Marseille. LAURENT SANSON

LOSC won 2-1 on home soil against Olympique de Marseille. Lille takes another step towards Europe while OM let Lens slip away.

LOSC won 2-1 on home soil against Olympique de Marseille and took another step towards Europe. The Lille come back to two points from the Monegasques to try to grab 4th place, synonymous with the Europa League. For their part, OM let Lens slip away, which in the event of victory in Lorient on Sunday (5:05 p.m.), will have a foot and a half on the 2nd step of the podium.

Marseille had however started well by leading the score from the 29th minute, on an opener from Jonathan Clauss. OM lost for the second time this season after opening the scoring, like against Ajaccio last October. This is the 7th defeat of the season for the Olympians, a crucial defeat for the Champions League, in what Jean-Pierre Papin described as “most important game of the year“. In the event of a Lensoise victory on Sunday afternoon, the Sang et Or will have a 5-point lead.

Lille turned in the second half

Upon returning from the locker room, the Northerners went into victory mode with a penalty obtained quickly after an error by Kaboré and a disagreement between Lopez and Mbemba. Jonathan David hastened to transform it to put the two teams tied (50th) and bring his audience into fusion. Marseille thought they had regained the advantage with a goal from Sanchez (61st) until the VAR realized the Chilean’s offside position.

Behind Lille did not stop attacking OM by creating many chances. Cabella’s comeback changed a lot (67th) since he delivered a center dropped on the head of another Jonathan, Bamba for the second goal which made it possible to deliver the people of Lille.

Lille will receive Nantes and will go to Troyes to play two bottom teams with the aim of hanging on to Europe. Paulo Fonseca’s players have the cards in hand to qualify at least for the Europa League Conference and why not overtake Monaco to aim for the Europa League. OM will see Brest come to the Vélodrome next weekend before traveling to Corsica to play against AC Ajaccio. Guaranteed to finish on the podium, the Marseillais will have to count on several missteps from Lens if they still dream of 2nd place.