In a very tight duel for Olympique de Marseille, they got the victory with one less player and following an own goal from Nicolas Pallois. Alexis Sánchez was substituted at 66′ of the complement.
Olympic Marseillereceive in the beautiful Velodrome stadium al Nanteswith its brand new star reinforcement, Alexis Sanchez who jumped onto the lawn of the French city, as a starter for the first time since he arrived at the Focense team.
Before the start of the match, the local team presented two of their signings, Issa Kaboré and Alexis Sánchez, before their fans and on their court.
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In a promising start, the cast ‘Olympic’ began to work the collective game to be able to reach the goal defended by Alban Lafont.
With a mobile Chilean, the local team quickly began to overturn the game to the defensive block of Nantesprovoking the doubts of the defenders of the visiting team.
Alex had it. The central defender from Nantes, Girotto, recovered and arrived with just enough to cut Sánchez’s shot, but… Didn’t he take the Chilean’s foot too?
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The tocopillano is already important in the scaffolding of the campus of Igor Tudor and takes over the corner kicks in the Marseille squad.
Already at the end of the first part, Both casts worked, but no differences were drawn in the momentary equality of the match.
With the teams back on the pitch, the local team tilted the court in favor, without being able to take a clear advantage in the first minutes of the complement. Subsequently, the replacement of Gerson at 53′for the income of Colombian Luis Suarez.
already with South American forces in the lead, Los Focenses they became sharper facing the Nantes goalkeeper’s goal. While the away team He reached the orbit of Pau López, with high blood pressure.
With half the time elapsed in the second half, the match turned somewhat rocky, with the first yellow cards for both teams. However, the score did not change in the 65 minutes.
Posteriorly, the Chilean, who was very important in the first half, left the match following being replaced by Cengiz Ünder at 66′ of the second stage of the duel.
Already in the 70’s, the side of the The Olympics, Chancel Mbemba, converted the first goal of the match, following a series of rebounds, where the defender made the goal that unbalanced the game.
At 77 ‘a penalty foul was called for Nantes, following a foul by Simon Gigot. The referee determined the maximum penalty and red for the central Marseille, which Blass capitalized on the equality on the scoreboard.
ALEXIS’S NO, BUT THIS YES. Gigot grabbed Mostafa in the area and the referee considered that it was for a penalty in favor of the visit. In addition, the French defender was sent off for a double yellow card. Controversy at the Vélodrome.
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However, it would not be the last of the match, since following another series of rebounds, the Nantes center-back, Nicolas Pallois converted a goal once morest to put the advantage for the homeowners.
Finally, the Olympic Marseille ended up suffering, but they got the victory to settle as pointers in the Ligue Onealong with Lens, who won today to Monaco de Maripán who did not play.
