Olympique de Marseille had a great pleasure: beating Paris Saint-Germain and leaving it out of the race in the French Cup. Making the best game of the year, due to the level shown and the lineage of the rival, beat PSG 2-1 and qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament, with an outstanding performance by Alexis Sanchez. The figure of the field.
The Stade Velodrome received a new version of The classicthe great duel of French football, whose rivalry has been increasing over time. The national team was the local starting center forward, with the 10 on his back. In this competition, the starters must start in order from 1 to 11. In the Parisians, Lionel Messi and Neymar were stellar, while Kylian Mbappé was the main absence due to injury. In addition to being a classic, it was a single-match tie. So it was all or nothing.
The OM understood it that way in the first half, a period in which it was much superior. Although the marker did not show it, Igor Tudor’s team used risk and pressure as their weapons to minimize the power of the millionaire group of Qatari capitals. The duel got off to a hot, high-voltage start. In one of the first plays of the duel, Marseille claimed a penalty for a handball, but there was no penalty. There is no VAR at this stage of the Cup.
As described above, the most popular draw in Ligue 1 took risks, attacking with many people, at times cornering PSG in their territory. The league leader’s support was goalkeeper Gigio Donnarumma. On the other hand, he was exposed to counterattacks from Messi and Neymar by being hand in hand in the background. In this context of a daring team, Alexis Sánchez did an impeccable job. Being the center forward, with characteristics different from those of a traditional 9, he left the position so as not to reference the defenders and enter into the interaction on the entire front of the attack.
At 29′, a dubious penalty was charged in favor of Marseille, due to a lack of Sergio Ramos on the Turkish Ünder. The tocopillano assumes the execution and concrete with distinction. The Red’s benchmark deceives the Italian goalkeeper, sends him to his right, and opens the account at 31′. The result was fair due to the development of the game and established the Chilean as one of the best values, beyond the goal.
PSG’s most dangerous actions occurred in the final part of the first half. In the 40′ minute, a low shot from Neymar hit a post. Already in the added time, the tie arrived. Marseille was perfectly able to go into the break with more than one goal ahead, however they had to chew a bitter 1-1. A header from Ramos tied for those from Paris. Much prize for those of Galtier.
For the second part, Olympique had to get rid of the frustration of the tie and continue with their high pressure approach, until they reached the gas tank. And the advantage came in the 57th minute, through a powerful shot from Ruslan Malinovskyi, who captured the ball after a failed attempt by Sánchez, aborted by a rival. A great goal for 2-1. The obligation was for PSG to overcome the score and raise their level considerably.
Towards the end of the match, it was the visitor who took control of the ball, without a clear idea. The hope was some individual action by Messi or Neymar, or perhaps a combination between both cracks. Marseille, who had made a great physical effort, defended closer to goalkeeper Pau López and withstood the attacks. In the 1990s, under an ovation, Alexis was replaced by Vitinha.
In discounts, a Ramos goal was annulled for offside. A scare for the local. The Spanish defender went from 9 in the final minutes and was one step away from stretching the definition. Marseille gave a coup and puts on the poster of candidate for the French Cup.
In another match of the day, Toulouse earned their place in the next round after beating Stade de Reims 3-1, with the presence of Gabriel Suazo on the field. On his return to ownership in the purple squad, the former Colo Colo had a correct participation on the left side. Gradually, the national team is gaining a space for coach Philippe Montanier, despite the short time he has been in France.
At 23′, they took the lead with an own goal by Yehvann Diouf. The other goals for Toulouse were from Zakaria Aboukhlal (35′) and Farés Chaibi (62′). The discount for the visit was from Jens Cajuste (89 ‘).