Alexis Sánchez’s side, entering in the second half, left behind a streak of nine games without losing in the league and were eight points behind the Parisians in the fight for the top of the tournament.
Olympique de Marseille suffered a tough defeat on Sunday after losing 1-3 to Nice at the Stade Velodrome. The match corresponds to the 22nd day of Ligue 1. The Chilean workforce Alexis Sánchez loses ground against the leader of the competition, the PSG of Messi, Neymar, Mbappé and company.
The match started with great dynamism, with both teams trying to get closer to the rival area. In the 2′, Chephren Thuram He had a clear option to open the account, but his shot went just wide of the goal defended by the local goalkeeper paul lopez .
The hosts responded with two deep arrivals, by Jonathan Clauss (16′) and Cengiz Under (21′) but the cry of the goal is muffled by the Nice goalkeeper, kasper schmeichel .
However, it was the visitors who managed to find the goal that opened the scoring: In the 38th minute, Sofiane Diop grabs a rebound granted by the goalkeeper after a shot from Gaëtan Laborde and, with a header, brings the score to 0-1 for the foreigners. .
The conquest of red and black was a hard blow for the students of Igor Tudor , who again saw their arc violated before the end of the first leg. The attacker was Laborde (44th), who took advantage of a new rebound from Pau López after a strike from Khephren Thuram.
defeat is consummated
At the start of the second half, the owners’ coach made some changes, including the entry of Alexis Sanchez for the purpose of altering the course of the comparison.
The coach’s strategy paid off in the 60s, when Ruslan Malinovskyi connected a cross in the middle of the box, scoring the throw-in in the game. After the success of the Ukrainian player, the hosts went in search of a draw, but without further clarity when finalizing the arrivals. Nice resorted to counter-attacks, a formula rewarded by Bilal Brahimi (85′) who with a shot from the edge of the area declared the final 1-3 for the visitors.
With this result, Olympique de Marseille ended a streak of nine games without losing in the league and remain in second place in the standings with 46 points, eight behind the leader PSG who beat this Saturday Toulouse of the Chilean Gabriel Suazo.
The next challenge for the Olympians will be precisely against Lionel Messi’s team for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France, this Wednesday. For the league, they must visit the clermont , Saturday 11.
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