Olympique de Marseille lost heavily (1-3) against Auxerre this Friday evening, during the 12th day of Ligue 1. Marseille were trailing 0-3 at the break and delivered a catastrophic performance.
The match debrief live on YouTube just after the match
Roll
Lirola Balerdi Brassier Merlin
Hojbjerg Rabiot
Greenwood Henrique Rowe
Maupay
The Match:
OM started their match in the worst possible way. Following a big mistake from Lyon, starting in central defense alongside Balerdi, Sinayoko found himself alone against Rulli and beat the Marseille goalkeeper (0-1, 10').
Faced with a very weak Auxerre defensive block, the Olympians struggled to create the slightest scoring opportunity. Worse still, just before the break, Auxerre doubled the lead on a quick counter-attack, taking advantage of an overwhelmed Marseille defense (0-2, 42'). And it's not over: Marseille concedes a third goal just before returning to the locker room. AJA inflicts real humiliation on OM (0-3, 45'). A disaster!
It doesn't really get better after returning from the locker room. It's even Auxerre who still have scoring opportunities. It takes a penalty on an undeniable handball in the area to allow Greenwood to reduce the score (65′, 1-3).
We then believe that OM will push but Marseille are unable to ignite the match, nor to move away from their stereotypical lateral play to play more directly forward.
OM once again lost heavily at home. A defeat which risks leaving its mark.
