Bordeaux (AFP)

Marseille, version Nasser Larguet, could not put an end to the famous invincibility of the Girondins at home but left with the point of the draw (0-0) after having had to evolve at nine against eleven for half an hour on Sunday evening, in end of the 25th day of L1.

If the final score is ultimately of an implacable logic with regard to the first act, tasteless, few had imagined such a scenario while OM seemed to take the measure to the resumption of Bordeaux once again in difficulty in the game.

In quick succession, the two Argentines from La Canebière saw red, Leonardo Balerdi first to stop Remi Oudin spinning towards the goal (55), imitated by Dario Benedetto, author of a nasty tackle on Laurent Koscielny (59).

This half-hour spent at nine is perhaps the cement of Olympian renewal, on which we can build and base hopes of reconquest.

A Valentine's Day of a different kind.

With this point, deserved for the solidarity and defensive application displayed, which could have made three with a hint of success with this free kick not on target from Olivier Ntcham (73) and this strike from the left of Valère Germain above ( 79), Marseille climbed one rank (9th) in a ranking more than tightened in the race for the Europa League.

It's already not bad for "an injured animal" dixit Hatem Ben Arfa, who has not won in L1 since January 6, in search of peace after the serious incidents which occurred at the end of January at the Commanderie, followed by the departure of Portuguese coach André Villas-Boas after the winter transfer window.

- Zorro Ben Arfa -

Opposite, the Bordelais have once again disappointed, not taking advantage of the opposing blows of fate.

Faced with an opponent who has never panicked, they showed a flagrant lack of imagination to bypass the visitor compact block, with it is true a very (too much?) Personal Hatem Ben Arfa wanting to play Zorro without it. achieve (80, 82, 89).

Nicolas De Préville, cursed this season, also had the opportunity to don the habit of heroes but his head only brushed the frame of Steve Mandanda, ultimately little worried.

Before this epilogue, the Phocéens who came to Gironde diminished by absences - the central axis Alvaro Gonzalez and Duje Caletar-Car, the side Hiroki Sakai, the suspended Dimitri Payet, the Polish offensive recruit Arkadiusz Milik - and therefore with an experimental team, had above all shown themselves to be wait-and-see, like their hosts, refusing to become unbalanced and to offer spaces, with little movement.

Hence the taste of piquette felt at the break, reached on the impression that Bordeaux had lacked precision - Hwang Ui-jo (23) and the incoming Mehdi Zerkane (44) not framing their shots - and Marseille d ' a little ambition.

In such a situation, set pieces could have hit the mark.

That of Florian Thauvin on the recovery found the head of ... Laurent Koscielny, in the duel with Balerdi, but Benoît Costil had remained vigilant to take the ball out of its frame (49).

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