Lens 1-3 OM: new away performance!

We expected a change, De Zerbi serves: OM now plays in 3-4-2-1 with Luis Henrique right piston, Greenwood and Rabiot (!) in support of Maupay up front. But Lens is not there to watch without doing anything. Under the kindness of the referee who allows them to put the commitment they want, while Rongier takes a yellow for a hand on the shoulder, they seriously move the Marseillais in the duels. OM's luck is their realism. Machado, in the first minutes, does not want to put his head in front of the cages while he is alone at the far post, Nzola does not want to score despite advantageous situations. In the 41st minute, the Phocaeans had the opportunity to punish the Northerners. Greenwood plays Danso, Ulisses Garcia takes the lead, rushes towards goal and shifts Maupay at the last moment. The center forward shoots wide, and not just a little…

But when we return from the locker room, everything is forgotten. Greenwood this time sends a great ball from the right side, full axis. It comes from the sky, but Maupay applies himself, controls his chest, gets ahead of his defender and shifts a teammate launched in perfect timing: it's Valentin Rongier who rushes in and opens the score with a flat cross foot just as he must. Less than ten minutes later, OM moved towards the center and it was once again Maupay who found himself in charge. Another pass with perfect timing, this time for Luis Henrique, who doesn't ask any questions and scores from the same angle, crossed as required, with the same serenity. OM leads 2-0 and seems to manage the end of the match rather well. Bilal Nadir can even make his return to competition. But now, before the 80th, Lens reduced the score. Mess up in the area, Balerdi and Kondogbia are slow to get up, Rulli makes two saves, but Fulgini is there to push into the empty goal. OM remains with offensive intentions. There is a lot of action in the area with Rowe and Rabiot. At the edge of the area, Fulgini pushes Nadir who was one step ahead. The referee says nothing, and on the counter, Lens equalizes. Terrible scandal, one more. Except that the protest is such that the referee goes to see the VAR. And there, he is forced to face the facts. Goal canceled and free kick for OM, on which Højbjerg scores the third goal with a strong low strike on the Samba side. It's deserved, but with this arbitration, it matters nothing…

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