Piraeus (Greece) (AFP)

Seven years of waiting to lose 1-0 in added time ... Olympique de Marseille missed its return to the Champions League, beaten late but logically by Olympiakos Piraeus on Wednesday.

Mathieu Valbuena, excellent throughout the game, deposited a cross on the head of Ahmed Hassan who beat Steve Mandanda (90 + 1).

The Egyptian, who had just replaced Yiorgios Masouras (84), achieved the overall domination of the reds and whites.

The reunion would have been sweeter for OM if Dario Benedetto had won his duel with José Sa at the start of the second half (46).

The Portuguese goalkeeper stretched his leg, maybe the Argentinian should have stuck his ball?

But this action is revealing of the crisis of confidence of "Pipa".

Still silent this season, he missed a lot in this game.

But his whole team with him more or less missed his game.

Qualification promises to be difficult if Marseille loses entry against the opponent supposed to be the most within reach.

- Valbuena feasted

We will have to recover against Manchester City, who beat FC Porto (1-0).

Olympiakos was a bit above, carried by the always admirable ball touch of Mathieu Valbuena, very skilled at improving balls and getting out of small spaces.

At 36, he feasted, and a lot of the Greek game goes through him.

Finally, he beat his old club with an assist.

The young Senegalese Ousseynou Ba was also bluffing in central defense, for his first C1 match.

He muzzled Benedetto, whom he trapped with a small discreet fault (18), and calmly resumed Thauvin who started against (73).

The match has long been fairly balanced, with a nice game licked between two teams technically comfortable, but stingy in shivers.

Florian Thauvin had the best opportunity of the first period, but he took over Jordan Amavi's cross with the thigh, hampered by Holebas, and the ball flew (32).

Two minutes later, Dimitri Payet fired a free kick from the top corner, but without worrying José Sa (34).

Olympiakos also had a goal ball, this time it was Alvaro Gonzalez who hampered Youssouf El Arabi enough to prevent him from taking a cross from Yiorgios Masouras (39).

- Stab

Just behind Benedetto's big opportunity, OM almost got punished by a goal from Yiorgios Masouras (52), refused by VAR for an offside.

Due to lack of public, the noise came from the explosion of joy in the press gallery on the Olympiakos side ... before the cold shower of the video.

Whenever the Pirotes really vibrated, they were offside ... In the 69th minute, a magnificent rescue from Alvaro countered the shot from El Arabi, then Lazar Randjelovic hit the post ... But the ex-Caennais was too advanced.

Olympiakos has nevertheless gained more and more ascendancy.

The tonic Serbian winger Randjelovic was not offside however when he was blocked by Steve Mandanda (71).

Seeing his team in difficulty, Villas-Boas made three changes at once (76): Luis Henrique for Benedetto, Nemanja Radonjic for Payet and Michaël Cuisance for Sanson.

But he could not change the course of the game.

The opportunities multiplied, a cross from Valbuena for El Arabi (84), a dangerous corner (88) until the stab of "Koka" (he owes his nickname to his taste for a cola drink) Hassan.

And this time the red press gallery could explode for good.

And the horns and firecrackers of the Greek fans gathered outside the stadium, too.

OM will have to wait a little longer, it remains on nine defeats in a row in C1, elimination in the quarterfinals against Bayern Munich in 2012, followed two years later by the season at zero points ...

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