Marseille (3rd, 17 points) was reassured one week before Sunday’s Classic against Paris SG (1st, 20 pts): at the end of the 8th day of Ligue 1, he went to annihilate (5-0) Montpellier ( 18th, 4), who lost his coach in the affair since Michel Der Zakarian was going to be sacked in the wake of this rout at Mosson. “He is no longer the first team coach. Given the performance and attitudes this evening, I felt obliged to intervene,” declared Laurent Nicollin during a brief press conference. And the president assured: “It’s really not a happy thing. I appreciate it but what matters is the club, not the people. For the next technician, I have nothing planned, nothing anticipated. »
On the OM side, the idea was also to draw a line under two failed matches, against Strasbourg (1-0) at Meinau and Angers (1-1) at the Vélodrome. And that’s what Roberto De Zerbi’s men did, helped by the terrible weakness of an MHSC which will not go far with such a defense (already 26 goals conceded!), or else on the floor of the below. After less than a minute, the former… Montpellier Élye Wahi opened the scoring before the opponent could even touch the ball. The ovation which followed this achievement, and the following ones, showed that the Marseillais were not quite playing on the outside.
Repressed Marseille fans
However, too numerous compared to the authorized number, the Olympian fans who had planned to attend this meeting were forced to “turn around”. The Hérault prefecture was going to discuss “the presence of hooded individuals equipped with iron bars and smoke bombs”and report “projectile jets” towards law enforcement. “Under these conditions, public order cannot be ensured for the match”says the prefect, therefore prohibiting “the movement of all the supporters”. “There were 650 of them”according to the divisional commissioner of the department, while the visitor parking gauge had been set “at 450”.
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