2024-09-22 21:09:33
4 minutes and 32 seconds. We don’t have to wait long to believe that Olympico is already over. Time for OM captain Leonardo Balerdi to get two yellow cards and leave his partners 10 against 11 for the rest of the game. After a strong first attack on Corentin Tolisso, the Argentine defender did not want to let go of Alexandre Lacazette’s uniform on the counter-attack. Two silly mistakes ruined a good start to the season, but not Olympique de Marseille’s. Better yet, it was only the beginning of this incredibly crazy scenario of the 5th day of Ligue 1.
So, of course, the Lyon spectators at the Groupama Stadium, who received their teammates from La Canebière who were banned from traveling, did not see much of the new style that Roberto De Zerbi imposed on their opponents, forced to change his thoughts, and act. against. Not enough of Mason Greenwood either (5 goals in the first 4 games), much more now in defensive phases than offensive ones. Yes, at this time, it is not a well-oiled record but another form of exposure, which is the reformation of Marseille, in the face of the ineffectiveness of Pierre Sage’s men, without having a numerical superiority.
In the list of missed opportunities in the Rhone team, Orban’s gift was written a masterpiece by sending his acrobatic return over the bar (10th) before Gerónimo Rulli rejected his second attempt (14th). While not the Argentinian goalkeeper, it was Valentin Rongier in front of his line that came to prevent the plans of Corentin Tolisso (19th). At the end of the first period, the Lyonnais believed that they had found an advantage thanks to the penalty received on the handball from the same Rongier (0-0, 45th + 3). But Lacazette came up against Rulli in extra time, who went to ground on his right.
An incredible end to the match
The Lyonnais were finally able to suffer in the second period. And as there is a lot of talk about strikers these days with the arrival of Adrien Rabiot, who was absent this Sunday evening, OM were caught in their own game in front of a corner taken by their former player Jordan Veretout, it is another ex-Marseillais, Duje Caleta-Car, who closed his head in the Marseille window (1-0, 53rd).
But this Olympique de Marseille has the resources. Unbeaten since the beginning of the season, Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg’s teammates, in the position of midfield boss, were able to get back together and go forward thanks to the Pau Lirola scorer (1-1, 69th), then the passer for Ulisses Garcia (1) . -2, 82nd). This Olympico will become one of those written in memories. While Rayan Cherki, as a mark a few days after his extension, believed that he had taken the point of drawing for Lyon in the 93rd minute (2-2), Jonathan Rowe decided otherwise with a 25 m banderilla on the last chance of the match (2- 3, 90th + 5). Enough, very much, to deserve the entire Marseille bench to land on the OL pitch.
In the position, with 13 parts, OM joins, with this indicated victory, PSG and Monaco at the top of Ligue 1. On the other side of the table, the players of John Textor who said that they are aiming for “the fight for titles” this season is only the 14th with 4 points in 5 days. With the defeat in Olympico just to live on for weeks on end.
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