Here are statistics and comments read and heard after OM's victory at Bollaert (3-1) this evening. Brice Samba and the referee, Eric Wattellier, take it for granted.
This Saturday, Olympique de Marseille won at Bollaert (3-1) on behalf of the 12th day of Ligue 1. Badly shaken in the first period, the Phocéens benefited from a drop in performance from the Sang et However, in total lack of realism, to take the three points. That's 23 units for this OM in reconstruction and, casually, it's a hell of a total because only two coaches have done better in Marseille in the 21st century for their first twelve league matches: Marcelo Bielsa in 2014-15 and Jorge Sampaoli in 2020-21. Let the Italian not get excited: in both cases, OM finished in the Europa League…
Charbonnier tackles Samba, Derrien pays Wattellier
In the tackling category, now, place for that of the 98 world champion Lionel Charbonnier against Brice Samba. The former Auxerre player did not understand that the Lensois goalkeeper took a free kick on the side he was covering. He pointed out his placement in a tweet: “Sorry!!! But this placement of Brice Samba (international) on this free kick!!!! ???????????? ABNORMAL!!!!! “.
Another tackle, that of the former referee Bruno Derrien against Eric Wattellier, who did not immediately call a foul on Marseillais Bilal Nadir, at the origin of a big misunderstanding. In fact, following this, Lens believed they equalized at 2-2. But VAR intervened, the goal was refused, a free kick was awarded to OM, which Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg converted to make the score 3-1. On X, Mr. Derrien wrote: “Why use VAR? The referee is ideally placed to observe the Lensois' fault directly. Result: controversies, 1 red for the bench. And goal cancelled”.
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