hooked by Angers, OM remains at a distance from PSG and Monaco

The French championship continues its journey. At the opening of the seventh day of Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille faces Angers SCO at the Stade Vélodrome. At the end of an electric encounter, the two teams neutralized each other (1-1). In addition, the Marseille club and the SCO played with ten players. Indeed, Neal Maupay (OM) and Lilian Rao-Lisoa (SCO) were excluded.

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Two red cards distributed

Olympique de Marseille quickly got the first chance of the match. Mason Greenwood gets on his right foot, at the edge of the penalty area, before taking his chance. Yahia Fofana relaxes to his left to intervene (10th). Shortly before the half-hour mark, the Angevins were reduced to ten. Ulisses Garcia remains on the ground, after a big foul by Lilian Raolisoa. The referee took his time, but he shows the yellow card. The referee is called by the VAR, to check the images and ultimately potentially show the red card. The referee returns and finally issues the red card against the Angevin midfielder (26th). In the process, Mason Greenwood takes charge of the following free kick, on the left side. His right-footed shot is caught in two stages by Yahia Fofana. The SCO goalkeeper wants to restart quickly, but he ends up on the ground, after a clash with Neal Maupay. The Marseillais is warned (27th). Three minutes later, the Marseille striker made a mistake, late, with a high foot on Jean-Eudes Aholou. He receives a second yellow card, synonymous with expulsion (30th). Twelve minutes from the end of regulation time in the first act, the promoted player will get a first opportunity. From afar, on the left side, Himad Abdelli unleashes a sudden strike with his right foot. Geronimo Rulli relaxes and intervenes, with the tips of his gloves (33rd).

OM held out for 3 minutes against the valiant Angevins

As soon as they returned from the locker room, Olympique de Marseille opened the scoring. In the penalty area, Jonathan Rowe has his back to goal. He recovers a ball from Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg, in the duel with Niane. With one touch of the ball, the new entrant quickly turns around, before scoring with a cross shot, on the ground, from the right (1-0, 51st). But the Marseille club lasted only three minutes. Farid El-Melali takes care of an extremely well placed free kick, slightly to the left. His right-footed shot goes just above the wall, before deceiving Geronimo Rulli, late, even if he had dived to the right side, to his right (1-1, 54th). Shortly before the hour mark, the Algerian international (two caps) was close to scoring a double. The Angevin attacker projects forward and infiltrates the penalty area. On the right side, his right foot shot is too crossed and his ball goes wide (54th). Twenty-three minutes from the end of normal time, Roberto De Zerbi’s men thought they would take the lead. Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg serves Ulisses Garcia, on the left side, in the area. The full-back addresses a cross with one touch of the ball. Michael Murillo, back inside, finds the header (67th). But the referee considers that the Marseille defender committed a hand fault when scoring. This goal is therefore canceled (69th). Behind, nothing more will happen and the referee whistled the end of the match after seven minutes of added time (90′ +7).