Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Monday December 2, 2024 at 4:04 p.m.
Once again second in Ligue 1 after dominating Monaco on Sunday evening (2-1), Olympique de Marseille broke a record dating from 1954.
Olympique de Marseille took over as runner-up to PSG on Sunday, barely dominating Monaco at the end of the 13th day (2-1). A second victory at the Orange Vélodrome this highly anticipated season for the Phocéens, who nevertheless conceded the opener to Aleksandr Golovin (41st). Luis Henrique equalized shortly after the restart (53rd), and Greenwood delivered an entire stadium from the penalty spot at the end of the match (89th).
This is the first time since April 2023 that the Marseillais have won a championship match when they were trailing at the break. And Greenwood is the first Olympian player to score 9 goals after his first 13 matches since a certain Sonny Anderson in 1994. Arriving this summer on the bench, Roberto De Zerbi, whose team now has 26 points, also has the best record at this stage of the season for a Marseille coach since Marcelo Bielsa in 2014.
A first since the 1954-1955 season
His players also broke a much older record, which dates back 70 years! With these two additional achievements, OM has a record of 29 goals scored after 13 days. Unheard of since the 1954-1955 financial year. Then coached by Roger Rolhion, the Provençal club had scored 30 goals during the first 13 days of a Division 1 championship which already included, like today, 18 teams.
But the Marseillais then slowed down the pace, finally finishing the season in 10th place in the standings, with 58 goals scored and 51 conceded. De Zerbi and his troops undoubtedly hope for another destiny, they who, unlike their competitors in the ranking, PSG (1st), Monaco (3rd), Lille (4th) and Lyon (5th), do not compete in competition European this season.
