In this game replayed, after the jet of a bottle on Dimitri Payet two months ago, Lyon took the ascendant on his rival despite many absences (2-1).
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The first act, marked by the jet of a bottle on Dimitri Payet, had been flaunting. Two months later, Lyon, very diminished, succeeded on Tuesday 1 Er February to overthrow a very badly embarked situation to beat Marseille 2-1 and take three unexpected points.
Everything appointed OM as a favorite of this match to replay. Its series of five consecutive victories outside, its confidence in Zenith and especially the avalanche of absences that affected OL. AOUAR wounded, Guimaraes gone to Newcastle, packet in selection with Brazil, Toko Ekambi in the Can … The list was very long unavailability a priori terribly disabling for Peter Bosz.
But it is from another absent, Dembélegé, announced sick but finally entered into play for the last half hour, who came the victory, with a very nice chain pivot control and small ball piqué who Attached Saliba then Pau Lopez (2-1, 86 e ). This goal has arrived at a time when OM, obviously tired and that Jorge Sampaoli let suffered without intervening, absolutely controlled nothing.
The equalization of the head signed Shaqiri on a beautiful center of Gusto (1-1, 76 e ) was thus already a logical reward for Lyon, best in second period after 45 first minutes still painful. OM had second place in sight and could push the OL more deeply. But in the end, the Provençaux remain 3 e at two lengths of Nice while the OL, which chains a third victory in a row, stands up and comes to place at 7 e rank, equal points with reindeer (5 e ) and montpellier (6 e ).
Payet, obviously
The beginning of the evening, however, had nothing good for Lyon and OM seemed able to finally beat his rival Olympic, for the first time since 2007. The icy rain, the sinister silence of the closed session The memory of the incidents of November 21, the atmosphere was obviously not Folichonne at the Groupama Stadium. There was nothing to extinguish but opening the score very quickly, the Marseillais still have a little more darkened the morale of OL, constrained by the absences to align a baroque, with Cherki forego center or the usual lateral Emerson left winger. As the whole story of this Lyon-Marseille turns around Dimitri Payet, the goal, of course, came from him and a corner.
On the left, in front of the North turn, at the precise place where he had received the famous bottle in the middle of November, the N ° 10 Marseillais has this time been able to hit his corner and he asked it on The Head of Guandouzi, who took the best easily on Dubois, very tender on the spot (1-0, 10 e ). This goal sanctioned the beginning of the really indigent part of the Lyonnais and 1-0, with an offensive potential so diminished, we saw rather badly how the OL could come back in the match.
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However, Peter Bosz’s players then had a good period of time, finding some spaces in the Marseille Defense, especially on the right via Gusto, the best player of his team despite his 18 years. The Marseillais have a little back but still remained the most dangerous, with Guendouzi again (18 e ) or on a counter-evil concluded by Lirola (32 e ).
The second period, then, was rather Lyon. The Marseillais, some of whom appeared tired, lost a lot of balloons and lost them quickly. They also misunderstood several counter-attacks, including Guendouzi (57 e ) and especially under (68 e ), which missed the left an easy occasion.
But the OL, so, was much more dangerous, first with Cherki, who tried a 60-meter lob on Pau Lopez, as always very advanced. The Spanish goalkeeper has still saved the OM from a double stop in front of Dembélé and Caqueret, but the wind had really turned. With this success, Lyon can look up again, even if the suite is not easy with games against Monaco, Nice, Lille or Lens. The OM on his side hoped for forgetting the case of the bottle and take some points in the way. It’s missed and Sampaoli will have to restart his family, who play Friday against Angers.