Nemanja Radonjic always so sober in his celebrations.

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  • Olympique de Marseille won 3-1 against Montpellier on Wednesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome for the 18th day of Ligue 1.

  • OM won thanks to their revenge, Radonjic, who started in place of Payet, and Germain.

  • Thanks to this victory, and the missteps of Lille and PSG, OM is back at the top of the standings.

At the Velodrome stadium,

A victory and it starts again?

Olympique de Marseille won 3-1 Wednesday night against Montpellier at the Stade Vélodrome during the 18th day of Ligue 1. A victory that allows the Marseillais to pick up the lead after the cons performance of Lille against Angers (1 -2) and PSG against ASSE (1-1).

A victory, which allows the Marseillais to be 5th in the standings, still with two games late.

“It's a very good victory, we must take advantage of this victory against an opponent who was close to us.

We hang up the distance with PSG and Lille who lose points.

We must continue to continue, to further reduce the distance with the head of the standings, ”said André Villas Boas at a press conference.

NR7 in all its glory

The Portuguese coach made some surprises, and offered cold sweats to some supporters, by starting Nemanja Radonjic, who returned from injury.

Great good did him since the Serbian opened the scoring just before the break, on a new donation from Thauvin still as valuable in L1 (41st).

Despite his too much waste in his game, and the second half will show it, Radonjic did not hesitate to celebrate his goal with a finger on his mouth, as if to silence his (many) detractors.

The evening will go down in history, but I don't know yet if it will be for the United States or for the left side Nagatomo-Radonjic.

- Blaah (@CamelusBlaah) January 6, 2021

The return of the break was far from being as quiet as the first with the disputed equalizer of Florent Mollet, while Andy Delort, offside, seemed to be playing action (52nd).

But AVB pulled a new card out of its hat, replacing the fairly average Cuisance with Strootman.

And the former Roma player has done good for OM, so to the penalty.

"Are you crazy"?

Then Payet, therefore not established, entered.

Seven minutes later, he had fun with the Montpellier defense with support from Kamara, excellent, before deceiving Omlin with a low strike (80th).

Competing on the right side of the attack, and on the goal celebrations with Radonjic, the Reunionese ran to the corner post, mimicking a mad gesture with his hand, gazing fixed on his bench.

"Are you crazy, you're crazy", have even been able to read colleagues on his lips?

Ptdrrrrrr the look is a fada 😭😭😭 https://t.co/ylEkh3zQJq

- VLBTOM (2-3) 🚀 (@VelocibaptorOM) January 7, 2021

“We decided to test Nemanja, it was an option, but it's nothing serious.

Payet was not happy to be on the bench but made a good entry in a good state of mind.

His goal is important, I want him to continue to regain the level to which he had accustomed us last season, his best season at OM can be.

That's what I want, ”retorted AVB, when asked about this choice.

"We are recovering points that we lost over the last three games"

Germain's entries for Benedetto, very active but absolutely not decisive, and Kahoui, instead of Nagatomo still too often in the street on his left side, only confirmed the good choices of André Villas Boas.

On an overflow on the left side, Kahoui offered an assist on the first ball or almost from Valère Germain (84th).

“It feels good to score.

I don't play a lot this year, the coach calls on me to the right or to the left, while this is not necessarily my position.

No matter where I play, I try to score as best as possible ”, he was satisfied with the microphone of Canal +.

“The guys who came back made the difference, it's very important for us, for our state of mind.

Strootman, Kahoui, Germain, Payet, the options are there, we have vital strength.

We are recovering points that we lost in the last three games.

Today we remain less close to others as before, we must continue because Lyon is having a very good time.

We must go and seek victory in Dijon, ”warned André Villas.

And it will be from Saturday, without Luis Henrique, positive for Covid-19 and already absent Wednesday evening.

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