• Olympique de Marseille won 3-1 on Saturday night against Saint-Etienne at the Stade Vélodrome during the 4th day of Ligue 1.

  • Sampaoli was satisfied with the content offered by his players with a "certain idea of ​​football"

Smiles throughout Marseille.

Olympique de Marseille won on Saturday night 3 goals to 1 against AS Saint-Etienne, during the 4th day of Ligue 1, in a crazy Velodrome stadium.

After a rather positive start to the season, a victory and a draw before the interrupted match in Nice, the Marseillais delivered a superb performance to the 55,000 spectators present for this second match of the season at home.

“It was a very intense match at the Vélodrome.

We played with conviction, we attacked for 90 minutes, we made people happy.

We could have scored one more goal but we got caught up in the first half.

We want to defend a certain idea of ​​football, over time we will become better and we will try to strive towards this ideal, ”Jorge Sampaoli, OM coach, was satisfied at a press conference.

"Offer the best"

The communion between players and supporters at the end of the match is the symbol of this shared pleasure.

With an opener from Mattéo Guendouzi from the 23rd minute, on an action reflecting the philosophy of the Argentine coach: a counterattack smoothly conducted through the sides before a center

The second goal of Gerson (51st), another recruit of this summer transfer window, comes from the same kind of action.

“The supporters left home happy, with the match they saw.

The team maintains the same course of action, whether they win or lose, always with this ideal.

Offering the best, unlike Nice which tries to defend at all costs, we offered 90 minutes of emotions, ”tackled Jorge Sampaoli.

"I have a lot of fun on the pitch"

90 minutes of emotions punctuated by the 3rd goal, in four Under games, a first for 10 years after Payet (2013) and Balotelli (2019), according to Opta.

As a nod to this in-depth renewal of the workforce, the Turkish gave the Vélodrome a Thauvin special by wrapping the ball with his left foot in the small opposite net.

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Or the return to the highest level of Dimitri Payet, distilling as much caviar as smiles.

“That's what I like, putting the partners in the best possible conditions, I have a lot of fun on the pitch and I'm happy.

It's always better to play with real players, ”savored the number 10 a bit lodger.

"A team that still needs to be strengthened"

And Dimitri Payet should have the opportunity to deliver more assists since for Jorge Sampaoli, his team will improve further.

“We continued to solidify this idea that I have of football, with a new team.

We have a team that still needs to be strengthened, there is preparation to be done with the team, it is towards this type of football that we are going, improving over time, ”he warned.

Especially since midfielder Amine Harit arrived in Marseille on Saturday evening to undergo his medical examination from Schalke 04. And a number 9 could also arrive before the transfer window closes on Tuesday evening.

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