The incidents that marred the match at the top of Ligue 1 may be expensive to Marseille who have yet hooked Paris (0-0).
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The evening could have been very nice for OM. After ten years of repeated failures against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Stade Velodrome, the club Marseille has not gone far to bring down the Ogre of the Ligue 1 Sunday, October 24 closing of the 11th day of the season (0-0).
At eleven against ten for over half an hour after the expulsion of Ashraf Parisien Hakimi (57 th ), Marseille have yet failed to score the goal that forums already supercharged expected. OM finally satisfied with a draw. And can even expect to see the point that she scrounged the championship leader shortly be counted by him the discipline of the Professional Football League Committee (LFP), as the match was peppered with incidents.
In front of reporters, Dimitri Payet, the Marseille captain, has shown clear on the subject. “Thanks to the public who set the fire, but I also saw bottles, chargers, lighters … Some skid, we risk losing points. We can not say that these people like Om” , regretted the Marseille player.
At a press conference, coach Jorge Sampaoli would not articulate his feelings. But his face was drawn and her face closed, said a lot about his frustration. The loupées occasions this last half hour powerplay as incredible missed Konrad De La Fuente (77 th ), or the two free throws poorly negotiated by Dimitri Payet, visibly haunted his memory.
The Parisian quartet has not shown much
PSG, he arrived with ten points ahead with a game more than his opponent in the evening. He leaves with the same capital but still no real certainty. In an early season where he shines only intermittently, though Paris had made this trip to Marseille a priority. The evidence on the ground, the Parisian coach Mauricio Pochettino fielded its most attractive team with its stars Neymar, Messi, Mbappé Di Maria in attack.
In the end, the quartet has not revealed much. “The team has shown solidarity with character, well organized”, retained the Parisian coach almost the only one to feel that his training had been the best in the field. “Shame to have played a forty minute inferiority but even in these situations, the match was controlled,” also said an unfazed Pochettino.
We could sum up the first half to a video arbitration history. Even before the quarter-hour, the visitors were denied a first goal. On recovery of Di Maria followed by a small lofted pass, Neymar missed his shot Luan Peres Marseille scored against his side, a shot off the fury of the Velodrome. But while all the supporters seemed to take the thing with fate, the ball was in the center circle, the referee canceled the goal. At the 20 th minute, opposite scenario. In a stadium that had exploded, the signed Arkadiusz Milik success, the center forward of OM, was erased. His teammate, Pol Lirola, who had just given him the ball was ruled offside too few millimeters. It took all the experience and composure of Benoît Bastien, the evening will, who headed his eighth OM-PSG, to make these decisions without trembling.
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