ten against ten, OM breaks its teeth against Angers

After a first misstep on the pitch in Strasbourg on the last day, Olympique de Marseille wanted to return to success on their pitch at the Vélodrome against a SCO d’Angers, dead last and still looking for their first victory. of the season. For this meeting, Roberto De Zerbi had to do without the injured Koné, while Brassier, Harit and Wahi started on the bench to favor Balerdi, back after his red against OL, Garcia, Maupay and Carboni’s first start.

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In a rather controlled start to the match by the Marseillais, who had the first opportunity of the match via Greenwood (10th), OM found themselves in numerical superiority after Raolisoa’s big foul on Garcia, who was directly booked red (26th). A favorable play for OM… but for only three minutes since Maupay received a second yellow and was also sent off (29th). Enough to completely shake up the first half of Marseille, which had started well.

Marseille had done the hard part

But quickly after the break, OM managed to do the hard part by opening the score thanks to a first-intention strike from Rowe, who had just come on (1-0, 51st). But definitely, and again three minutes later, El-Melali struck a superb free kick to deceive Rulli, late, and equalize (1-1, 54th). OM suffered and risked faltering (57th), despite the entry of Rabiot. Murillo thought he would give Marseille the lead again with a nice cross from Garcia, but the Panamanian was penalized for a handball (67th).

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The entry of Rowe brought danger (76th and 80th), but OM, who continued to push at the end of the game, did not manage to scare Fofana, the Angevin goalkeeper. With many regrets, De Zerbi’s men went on to a second match without a victory and lost two precious points before the international break by remaining in third place. The SCO, which did more than the job on the Vélodrome pitch, did not win and remained last, but obtained a more than important point for the rest of the season.