Ligue 1: Marseille wins 2-0 in Clermont and returns five points from PSG

After its victory in Auvergne, OM reduces the gap with the championship leader, two weeks from a new classic to the Vélodrome.

Mo12345lemonde with AFP

Thanks to a double of the Chilean Alexis Sanchez, Marseille won 2-0 in Clermont during the 23 ^e day of Ligue 1, Saturday 11 February, a result which allows him to put Pressure on Paris Saint-Germain.

Second in the ranking, OM continues a fifth consecutive outside victory and remains on a qualification in the French Cup at the expense of PSG (2-1), Wednesday, returns five points from the beaten Parisians in Monaco ( 3-1), earlier in the afternoon of Saturday.

For his part, Clermont bowed for the second time in a row after the defeat conceded also at home against Monaco (2-0), February 5.

incidents delayed the blow Shipping

The meeting started forty-five minutes late due to incidents outside the stadium caused by less than a hundred Ultra Marseille supporters without ticket seeking to force the entrance to access the enclosure .

These individuals were pushed by the police who used tear gas, which made the air unbreathable for the 13,000 spectators of the Gabriel-Montpied stadium but also for the players.

Overall, even three -quarters of an hour late, OM checked the part (63 % possession of the ball) but only took the advantage on a penalty transformed by Sanchez, granted For a hand foul by Mohamed Cham following a free kick played by Ruslan Malinovskyi and diverted by goalkeeper Mory Diaw (41 ^{e ). Two minutes later, the intervention of the video assistance encouraged referee Rudy Buquet, who had not seen the fault, to see the hand of the Austrian to grant the penalty >).}

Sanchez provides Marseille victory

At the end of the game, Sanchez definitively ensured the success of OM. He got back there twice to convert a center delivered from the right into a goal by Jonathan Clauss and bring the brand to 2-0 (81 ^{e ) before being replaced ( 84 e ) in the process by the Portuguese Vitinha, arrived at the most expensive transfer window and recruit in the history of Olympique de Marseille (32 million euros).}

Before the opening of the score, despite the Marseille domination, Clermont had shown himself incisive in counter with an attempt by Cham, diverted by Pau Lopez (13 e ) while a goal was Refused to Grejohn Kyei for an offside position (24 e

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