Olympique de Marseille drew 1-1 against Monegasques. El Niño Maravilla scored the final parity at the start of the second half, after a first game in which the national defender’s squad proved superior.
Alexis Sánchez and Guillermo Maripán met on Matchday 20 of Ligue 1. Olympique de Marseille and Monaco drew 1-1 in the clash between Chileans. The process took some time for everyone in terms of superiority. However, the main role among the nationals was for the striker, who scored the equaliser.
In the first fraction, Monaco was more incisive. The first minutes were of an absolute superiority of the white and red team, which this Saturday wore black. The clearest chances were generated and that didn’t give way to Marseille’s intermittent and rare attacks. In this context, Maripán wins the duel against Sanchez . They looked for the national striker from above and the defender showed his height of 1.95 to win. When El Niño Maravilla managed to grab the ball with his feet and move forward, it was difficult for the formed UC to score it, but the Tocopillano was used to receiving from behind.
With Monaco generating dangerous chances, the opening of the account has arrived. If they couldn’t play, it had to be after a dead ball. In the 17th minute, a free kick from the left is crossed by Aleksandr Golovin and Jordan Veretout, in his eagerness to clear, sends it into his own net. The French midfielder was unable to hit him hard. He only combed it, so the ball went back. Goalkeeper Rubén Blanco, one of the good values of the first half, stretched, but could not avoid the conquest.
After the 0-1, Marseille was forced to advance the lines. As so many times in the season, Igor Tudor’s men searched harder after being taken down on the scoreboard. However, the big chances were still for the visit. Sánchez’s team handled the ball and played into the opposing field, but the approaches were for Maripán’s.
Alexis, goalscorer
The second time was different. Monaco no longer found it easy and Marseille were more willing to equalise. Sharper in attack. In such a way that parity came quickly. At the feet of Alexis Sánchez. The historic La Roja striker was attentive and grabbed a rebound dropped by goalkeeper Alexander Nubel. Cengiz Under connected to Nuno Tavares, the Portuguese winger finished strong at the near post, causing insecurity for the keeper, who left the ball right there. In central attack position the one trained in Cobreloa pushed him to make it 1-1. With this new conquest, the former Inter Milan player achieved his seventh goal in this Ligue 1 and reached 10 this season, in all competitions.
The Chilean’s goal would be a sign of what was to come. Olympique de Marseille was always installed on the opposing field, but now it has managed to scare. In this context, Maripán continued to be one of the highlights of the visit, now with more work than in the first half.
The former Alavés suffered a few minutes from the end, when he arrived late at a crossroads with Sead Kolasinac, who was following attacking play after a corner, and those led by Tudor claimed a penalty. The image revealed that the centre-back had in fact given the Bosnian an iron. However, Judge Jeremie Pignard dismissed the claims. The ball was out and, in his opinion, the action was a clash due to the dispute.
With the draw, Marseille and Monaco remain in third and fourth position respectively. The national striker’s squad is in the area of the previous phase of the next Champions League, with 43 units. Five less have those of the defender, who attacks in places in the Europa League.
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Source: Latercera
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