Payet on the equalizer this Saturday at Beaujoire.

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  • Marseille, which remained on a nice success (3-2) against Nice, was slowed down (1-1) in Nantes this Saturday.

  • OM, who conceded a goal on a blunder from Mandanda, had a very small match.

  • Nasser Larguet nevertheless believes that Marseille is "on the right track".

David Phelippeau, at the Beaujoire stadium

Nasser Larguet, the Marseille coach, saw "a correct first half", "selflessness, courage and that is very positive" and a "Marseille on the right track".

We have the right to disagree with him, at the end of an FCN-OM that we will quickly forget as the match was sad to die for and mediocre on the technical level.

Marseille, led 1-0 after a monumental blunder by Steve Mandanda, however managed to snatch the equalizer by Payet on a good collective action and held this draw (1-1) as best they could ...

For this meeting at La Beaujoire, Nasser Larguet had decided to renew the same eleven as during the success (3-2) against Nice at the Vélodrome on Wednesday.

That is to say a 4-2-3-1 with an attacking trio made up of Khaoui, Payet and Luis Henrique behind a point, Dieng.

Against the Aiglons, it had worked.

Against the Canaries, not at all.

Moreover, at the break, the Marseille coach took out Luis Henrique and Dieng to bring in Germain and Rongier.

The latter gave much more binding to the game of OM without giving it genius, far from it.

“We did not necessarily weigh on the opponent, we did not find many solutions in their block, except for Dimitri [Payet] when he was well placed, observes Nasser Larguet.

At half-time, we said to ourselves that we had to put our side a little higher, to put more danger.

Despite the state of the field, we had to try to play.

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What a Mandanda dumpling!

Good game intentions quickly wiped out with the "drama" that occurred in the 50th.

On a pass back from Alvaro, Mandanda was completely torn!

The Canari Blas was then very happy to recover the ball to push it into the Marseille cage ... The excuse of the mediocrity of the lawn is valid, but not sufficient.

The international goalkeeper of the Blues also simply missed his gesture, but was not helped by the pass from his defender.

"When you have Alvaro who sees Steve with his head in the bag after the goal conceded and who comes to tell him that it is his pass which is in question, it is the sign that there is a good state of mind" , appreciated Larguet.

Really not in a big day, Marseille could have collapsed.

As on this ride of Kolo Muani not converted by the Nantes striker in the 68th ... "But OM were able to find strength to equalize", rejoices Valentin Rongier.

"After the game [of the goal conceded by Mandanda], the players showed solidarity, they continued to work and they were rewarded," said Nasser Larguet.

In the 69th, Dimitri Payet, who had lacked precision in the first period, took over a center from Nagatomo to deceive Lafont with the flat of the foot.

A goal like the second half of the former Canary.

In the 4-3-3, after the break, Payet found more lags and was more inspired, like this lob from the midfielder forcing Lafont (79th) to slam the ball over his bar.

The Marseille attacking midfielder is nonetheless one of the few satisfactions of the afternoon as OM suffered.

In stoppage time, Sakai got a red… Last symbol of a bland meeting and to be forgotten very quickly for Marseille, 6th in Ligue 1, who has just had a nasty relapse.

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