For its recovery after a month and a half of truce, Olympique de Marseille made short work of Toulouse (6-1) and returned to the podium in Ligue 1.
It’s party time on the Canebière! After a month and a half of international truce, Olympique de Marseille restarted their season in the best possible way, by correcting Toulouse (6-1) at the Stade Vélodrome.
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After a fine tribute to Pelé, Igor Tudor’s men attacked the match well, with a first but rather improbable one: an overrun by Samuel Gigot who overflowed and found Valentin Rongier, the man who almost never scores , for a winning recovery (1-0, 13th). Deprived of Amine Harit (seriously injured), Gerson (in the process of leaving) and Mattéo Guendouzi (hit in the ankle), the Olympians resumed with a certain Dimitri Payet, involved in the second goal, incredible: a header in Withdrawal of Nicolaisen who deceived his own goalkeeper (2-0, 41st).
OM on the podium
In the second half, OM accelerated and scored two fine goals: a solitary raid by Sead Kolasinac, with a dribble with the sole (3-0, 51st), then a delicious ball dropped in the top corner by Payet (4-0 , 62nd). After a history of penalties, transformed by Branco van den Boomen (4-1, 66th) and Cengiz Ünder (5-1, 79th), Nuno Tavares also went there with his goal (6-1, 82nd).
In the face of the crisis after their elimination in the Champions League, OM have revived perfectly. After the two successes against Lyon (1-0) and Monaco (2-3) before the International break, the Phocaeans therefore resume their good series. And here they are even who have found the podium, thanks to the defeat of Rennes in Reims (3-1), 4 points behind Lens, which was caught in Nice (0-0).