Marseille (AFP)

He also speaks on the ground. A double from Dimitri Payet gave Marseille a victory over Lyon (2-1) expected for five years in Ligue 1, in a "Olympico" boiling Sunday for the 13th day.

OM's No. 10 takes his team to second place, six points ahead of OL (14th), and also offers his audience the symbolic scalp of Rudi Garcia, formerly a shameful coach, whom Payet had scratched into a conference. hurry.

Moussa Dembélé scared the OM by reducing the score (60) and then causing the exclusion of Alvaro Gonzalez for a second yellow, while he was heading towards goal (64).

But with the talent of Payet, the aggression of Alvaro - when it is channeled - and the activity of Valentin Rongier, this victory has everything of reference match for OM, in front of the record crowd at the Vélodrome, L1 and cuts Europe combined: 65,421 spectators.

Of his poker matches against "big", the OM comes out with a pair of victories. Swept at Paris SG (4-0), ashamed in Monaco in the Coupe de la Ligue (2-1), according to the words of André Villas-Boas himself, Marseille has just beat Lille (2-1) and Lyon.

OM showed good football in the first half and ten-man warriors against eleven men of "AVB", Garcia's beloved successor, conspired "only" at the end of the match.

His name at the announcement of the composition was also booed, as his appearance on the screens, but the songs against him remained rare.

- The longest penalty

The atmosphere was hot, the busload of the OL bus then rain of paper balls on the shooters of corner Lyon and interruption of a few minutes to dissipate the fog of the smoke (55), but not as hostile as towards Mathieu Valbuena four years earlier, he too is back in the jersey of "the other" Olympique.

The Marseille public had something else to celebrate, a victory against a "big", finally, and the 120 years of the club, greeted by a "tifo" beautiful, sky and white in Argentina, with the Bonne-Mère and all the trophies won by the club, including the Champions League (1993).

To play the next, OM is on time, helped by the very tight ranking of the L1.

On the other hand, Lyon returns, after three victories in a row, counting 3-1 against Benfica in the Champions League. Garcia's OL relapsed and the restart operation, after the failure of the short Sylvinho era, suffered a stop.

Rudi Garcia lost his six "Olympico" in the league, five on the bench Marseille, his meter remains stuck at a win with OM, in the Coupe de France (2-1 ap) 2017.

OM opened the scoring on the longest penalty of the season: five minutes between the hand of Thiago Mendès and the winning shot of Dimitri Payet. The VAR? No, the Brazilian's faulty contact, after an approximate chest check, was obvious.

It is the tension that has delayed the execution so much. Referee Antony Gautier first repeated the instructions to goalkeeper Anthony Lopès, then a Dario Benedetto cap to Léo Dubois required a video check.

- Dembélé reduces the score

Mr. Gautier just verbally warned the two, the Argentinean must have been afraid to take a red. But the penalty was not drawn right away. The referee still waited until a laser coming from the stands, obviously, stops bothering Lopès.

Payet was finally able to strike, he has the merit of having kept his cool. He also had an interest not to miss, after turning on his former coach at a press conference ...

"Dim" managed another tackle, on the pitch, to kick the second goal, which he scored himself after a stint with Maxime Lopez.

OM had several break points, but OL reduced the score by Dembélé, his ninth goal of the season.

But the Marseillais have kept the ascendant, creating themselves more opportunities. Lyon was dangerous only once during its half hour in numerical superiority, a volley of Martin Terrier who cut his class at the Vélodrome within a second.

Garcia's reputation as a technician who does not win big matches will not work out ...

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