OM begin their European campaign with a defeat at Tottenham
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Missed entry for Olympique de Marseille in the Champions League. The Marseille club lost on Wednesday, September 7 against London club Tottenham (2-0), for its first group match in the premier competition of European football clubs.
Reduced to ten as soon as the second period resumed following a foul by Chancel Mbemba on Son Heung-min, the Marseillais ended up cracking a header from the Brazilian Richarlison, forgotten by the defense (76e).
The 25-year-old striker, who was playing his first Champions League match, even scored twice a few minutes later – again with his head –, easily winning his duel with Samuel Gigot (81e).
Just before the opener, Igor Tudor’s men, with Dimitri Payet on the bench, had just missed an opportunity to lead by Amin Harit. “Red killed us”regretted Valentin Rongier, the captain of OM, at the microphone of Canal + after the match. “We are frustrated, we saw that at 11 against 11 we were equal, even we dominated this team. »
Fortieth loss in 74 outings
For their return to the Champions League, the Phocaeans start with a defeat. As was the case two years earlier, when they were surprised by the Greeks of Olympiakos in added time. That season, OM only took 3 points out of a possible 18.
Marseille records this Wednesday its 40e defeat in 74 outings in Europe’s elite competition. We have to go back to 2011 to find a Marseille victory in a first meeting in the group stage (0-1, still against Olympiakos).
At the end of this day, Sporting Portugal takes the lead in group D, after having surprised the holder of the Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt (3-0), swept away in its stadium for its first match in the Champions League since… the 1960 final lost against Real Madrid (7-3). The Marseillais receive the Germans next week in the duel of the vanquished to revive.
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