Tudor wakes up, Pallois and Gigot miss each other

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Tudor’s recipe being run in

Still whistled at the Vélodrome as against Reims, Igor Tudor had to convince in front of the Marseille public. If everything is not perfect, OM nevertheless showed great things, especially in the first period. With 90% of successful passes, Alexis Sanchez brought a fundamental technical palette to play the offensive sequences properly without waste. For his first tenure, the Chilean set the Velodrome on fire by being at the initiative of several Marseille opportunities. He perfectly found Gerson or Guendouzi – replaced attacking midfielder. The Marseillais dominated and obtained many chances by once again using the Clauss and Tavares pistons. When the Marseille coach saw his recipe running out of steam, he brought in new blood with Payet, Under and Suarez who were able to bring speed and a second wind, capital on the winning goal (82nd).

Lafont gave it his all

Despite the defeat, we must highlight the new fine performance of Alban Lafont in the Nantes cages. The French goalkeeper made a total of five saves this evening, including some capital against Luis Suarez (56th) or twice from the start of the meeting on Clauss then Veretout (5th). Apart from the real parades, Lafont was also very clean in his aerial outings (26th) but also on the ground. He watched throughout the match to maintain a good result for his team and delay the opener for Marseille. The captain of the Canaries was finally deceived in an unfortunate way by his own defender Nicolas Pallois (82nd).

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Pallois and Gigot lead their team

While Olympique de Marseille believed they had done the hardest part by opening the scoring on a new highlight for the Marseillais, Samuel Gigot almost ruined everything by belting it out unnecessarily.
Mostafa Mohamed in the area, which led to the equalization by Ludovic Blas from the penalty spot (78th). Result: OM also had to finish the last fifteen minutes outnumbered. On the Nantes side, Nicolas Pallois in spite of himself endorses the Marseille hero costume by clearing Suarez’s attempt in his own goals (82nd). A bad gesture which concludes a half-hearted defensive performance, tarnished by curious placements, often overtaken by the Marseille counters.

Marseille in search of accuracy

The other side of the coin remains the lack of success. Marseille dominates, Marseille creates the shares but Marseille struggles to convert. And it’s a shame because the team imposes a real intense rhythm, especially in the first period. The Tudor players deployed quickly forward and knew how to get the opportunities to be dangerous but the last gesture was never frank enough. Far from the efficiency that was the strength of Hellas Verona de Tudor last season, dominating is good but you have to know how to win from your strong passages.