Almost a perfect evening! A very easy winner (3-1) for a team from Troyes that should not escape Ligue 2, OM regained second place in the championship on Sunday, while reconciling with the Vélodrome, who particularly appreciated Vitinha’s vulnerability.
After being helped by Paris SG on Saturday with a win over Lens, OM really didn’t have the right to stumble once again at home. He didn’t, and on his 45th birthday, Igor Tudor received a little serenity as a gift and regained second place, one point behind Sang et Or.
Even against a relegated player, the case was not a foregone conclusion because Marseille’s last home success in the league dates back more than three months, a 3-1 victory over Lorient.
From then on, life was complicated in the Vélodrome Hall with its less obvious offensive thoughts and less obvious offensive thoughts. But the 20 points given up on the way were against opponents who came to Marseille with the idea of trying to take some points.
However, on Sunday, Troyes wasn’t quite able to do so. Marseille did well but Obua, who are now 18th and ten points up from 16th, were bafflingly weak and they are the first to not put OM on any difficulty, neither defensively nor offensively. time.
After the preliminary match marked by a minute of silence in memory of the eight victims of the tragedy in the avenue de Tivoli, Marseille, for their part, did what was necessary not to doubt that they opened the scoring immediately, by Vitinha (1 – 0, 2).
Next trip to Lyon
Up front, with Alexis Sanchez back alongside Cengiz Under, the young Portuguese arrival in the winter transfer window scored his first Marseille goal by firing no-questions-asked into the heart of the area.
Then he placed his finger three times on his temple, as if to show that he remained mentally sound when he felt on his shoulders the weight of the nearly 30 million spent to bring him from Braga.
As everything was not yet perfect, Vitinya spoiled the ball 2-0 with a stunning miss two meters from goal (13th) and OM played a couple of poorly good shots, mainly from Under.
But just before the break, the Turk was clear enough to deceive Gauthier Gallon with a nice little shot from the left (2-0, 41) after a recovery from Valentin Rongier, flawless throughout.
In the second half, OM calmly took control of the match and widened the gap again, when Vitinha got close possession of a ball that was pushed by the post by Galon with a header from Sead Kolasinac (3-0, 63).
The many changes made by both coaches after that numbed the game and not much happened until Baldi saved the Trojans’ honour.
In the end, it’s hard to tell how much of this success owes more to the Olympic Awakening than to the insignificance of the opponent, but he feels good regardless.
Before going to Lyon next Sunday and after two consecutive draws, OM has already regained the precious second place. And before this difficult journey, Saturday will see Lens (second) and Monaco (fourth) facing off in a duel that cannot make two people happy.
