The Olympique stumbled at the worst time. They lost 2-1 to Lille, ending their slimmest remaining chance for the league title. In addition, he stagnates in third position in the table. Sánchez was disallowed a goal for offside.
He Olympic Marseille fell into his desire to finish Ligue 1 as high as possible. With Alexis Sánchez leading the attack, lost a key duel 2-1 during their trip to Lille, for the penultimate date of the French tournament. In summary, the accounts no longer give him any chance of winning the title and his options to access the group stage of the Champions League are bogged down.
The team led by Igor Tudor, named best coach of the season in France, had to win its confrontation against the team of Portuguese Paulo Fonseca. If they didn’t win, the minimal options to be champion were completely over. Even equality was not sufficient to postulate this objective (or chimera). OM had to be wary of the Canadian Jonathan David, third scorer in the championship, with 21 goals (until before this duel).
Alexis Sánchez was centre-forward, with Malinovskyi and Ünder behind, as the leading duo. The first half of the duel lacked fluidity. It was locked down, cut off, with little danger in areas. In this sense, the Chilean striker did not have much room for manoeuvre. He was not much helped by his companions either. He lacked company.
In the only concrete attack of the first period, Marseille was able to open the account. In the 29th minute, Jonathan Clauss started on the left side, with space in front, and defined before goalkeeper Chevalier was bailed out. From their first deep attack, and from their first shot on goal, OM took the score to 1-0. Meanwhile, Lille did not approach the area defended by Pau López clearly. Offensively speaking, the initial 45′ left little.
When the match became (but not Olympic) the equality of the local team did good, at the start of the complement. OM awarded Lille a penalty after a defensive error caused goalkeeper López to miss. At 50 minutes, striker Jonathan David equalized the score (22nd league goal). LOSC had a higher rhythm, another intensity, the one that Marseille lacked. Alexis couldn’t get up to speed as he headed into the clash against rival defenders, which doesn’t favor his style.
Unfortunately for the interests of the historical machine gunner of the Reds, the time that he is assisted and has had the space to start and define himself, the VAR drowned out the celebration. In the 1960s, a filtered pass found Sánchez facing goal. He pointed to his right and finished with precision to make it 2-1. Goal of AS70, to revive Marseille. However, the game was reviewed in video refereeing and called off for offside by the tocopillano.
With pure momentum, Fonseca’s casting came back from an unfavorable score. In the 72nd minute, a header from Jonathan Bamba beat Pau López, which clearly hit OM. for the rest of the game. Alexis was already playing a little further, after the entry of Vitinha. The Olympians could not get up after this blow.
The title’s minimal illusion is definitely over. In mathematics, Marseille is no longer in a position to be champion. He has 73 points in 36 games. With two dates to come, he can claim a maximum of 79 and PSG, with 35 games played, already have 81 units. OM’s real objective is to finish in second place, to qualify directly for the next Champions League. But they were two points behind Lens, the leader’s escort and with one game less. The end of the season was complicated for Alexis Sánchez and company.
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