The thunderous awakening of OM at the Vélodrome!

Olympique de Marseille has conquered its demons. After two defeats, two draws and only one small victory at home since the start of the season, the Phocéens found their way to victory, at home, against AS Monaco (2-1) at the end of the 13th day of Ligue 1. Trailing after a goal from Aleksandr Golovin, taking advantage of a dubious delivery from Valentin Rongier, the Olympians, led by a great Geronimo Rulli, found the necessary resources to overthrow the Asemists. Buoyed by Luis Henrique's equalizer, the Marseillais finally exulted in a penalty converted by Mason Greenwood at the end of regulation time (89th). A valuable victory allowing OM to regain second place in the ranking.

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Questioned after the meeting, Amir Murillo underlined, in this respect, the mentality of the Marseille group, reinvigorated after a commando training course. “It's great for us to have won this match. We had good situations before but we tried to give the best. We took the 3 points and everyone is happy. We knew we had to take the 3 points. We did the work. We knew that we hadn't done very well at home and we tried to do better for the 3 points with the right mentality», indicated the Panamanian. A nice success also hailed by Roberto De Zerbi, present at the DAZN microphone after the meeting.

Roberto De Zerbi is delighted!

“At the Vélodrome, certainly, it’s our best match. I think we had a great match against a great Monaco team. I am sure our team can still do better. Since the start of the season, the team has been working well. We saw so many matches where we were stuck at the Vélodrome. Matches where we were afraid in front of our supporters. Today, we played in a liberated way, we all helped each other, we were united on the pitch, we played simply. It's a great team. We had three very good days together. And it showed today. Football is played first in the head. I wanted to win this match, I wanted us to be 2nd, I think 26 points is good but I would like to have more. And it's already very good to have 26 points but we could have had more. It's not necessarily the start of something, it's the road, it's the stage between Marseille and Monaco. We must continue like this”.

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Proud, the Olympian technician can be in view of Olympian history. Indeed, after this new victory, OM are the new runners-up to Paris Saint-Germain. Better yet, by scoring two goals this evening, Marseille have now scored 30 goals after their first 13 matches in Ligue 1 this season. His best total in the elite at this stage of the competition since the season under Roger Rolhion in 1954. Roberto De Zerbi, for his part, took 26 points after his first 13 matches on the Marseille bench in the league, the best start for a coach with the Marseille club in the elite since Marcelo Bielsa in 2014 (28). The reaction of OM at home was expected. She intervened. And in what way!