OM are still second and remain in the best position to support Paris SG in C1.
But the Marseillais saw that Rennes (3rd) and Monaco (4th) had won this weekend and their lead melted.
Three days from the end and before two trips to Lorient and … Rennes, they are only three steps ahead.
After being irresistible for a long time, they lost twice this week, since they had already lost Thursday in Rotterdam on the lawn of Feyenoord (3-2) in the first leg of the Europa League Conference.
And they conceded three goals each time, which is not very reassuring.
The Marseille players, after their defeat, 3-0 against Lyon, at the end of the 35th day of Ligue 1, on May 1, 2022 at the Stade Vélodrome Nicolas TUCAT AFP
OM keep their chances on both counts, of course, and Thursday's return match against Feyenoord can send them to the C4 final and put them back on the right track.
But the Provençal club is in a painful moment and the bad memories of the 2017-2018 season come back, when Marseille dreamed of a trophy in the Europa League and a qualification in the Champions League before losing everything in a few weeks.
Break against
OM are not there yet but they already know that Lyon will have cost them dearly this season.
OL are still a long way off, 7th, five behind Nice (5th), but they can still believe in Europe.
And the six points taken at OM this season, after a 2-1 success in the first leg replayed behind closed doors after the bottle throwing suffered by Dimitri Payet, could weigh heavily for the two teams.
Lyon's triumph was written in the second period, when Peter Bosz's players, dominated before the break, took advantage of Marseille's inefficiency and a little luck.
The first goal was indeed scored by Lukeba after a free kick from Emerson deflected by the wall, which trapped Pau Lopez (1-0, 55th).
Instantly, Marseille demanded an intervention from the VAR, Dembélé having stepped on the arm of the OM goalkeeper, but in vain.
Lyon then took the break on two fine goals scored against by Dembélé (76th) and Toko Ekambi (88th), when Marseille pushed awkwardly and without seeming to believe more than that despite the fervor of the Vélodrome, full to crack (nearly 65,000 spectators) for this shock which also marked the 35th anniversary of the South Winners, the main group of supporters of the club.
Nearly 65,000 spectators attended the defeat of Marseille, 3-0 against Lyon, at the end of the 35th day of Ligue 1, on May 1, 2022 at the Stade Vélodrome Nicolas TUCAT AFP
Milik's failure
Jorge Sampaoli's team had in fact missed their chance before the break and the Arkadiusz Milik case is going to be opened again.
After two first missed but difficult chances (9th and 29th), the former Neapolitan should indeed have made the difference just before the break.
On this action, everything was perfect, the call of Gerson in depth, that of the Pole at the 2nd post and the supported pass of the Brazilian.
Milik then only had to cut the trajectory, but the Marseille N.9, from the right, did not frame.
Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik, after a missed opportunity for Marseille against Lyon, at the end of the 35th day of Ligue 1, on May 1, 2022 at the Stade Vélodrome Nicolas TUCAT AFP
The end of the first period had however been rather Marseille, the men of Sampaoli installing their game of position and possession after a start to the match where they had not released an immense serenity.
Previously, one of the few hot moments had been Dembélé's suspicious arm movement in his box from a cross from Gerson.
All of OM claimed the penalty, from the players to Sampaoli via the 65,000 spectators, but only the Argentinian technician got something, with a yellow card.
Dirty evening for OM.
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