• Mission accomplished for Olympique de Marseille who won 2 goals to 1 against OGC Nice in the shock of the 29th day of Ligue 1.

  • Thanks to this victory against direct competitors for the Champions League, the Marseillais regain 2nd place in Ligue 1.

At the Velodrome stadium,

OM won their first battle in the race for the Champions League.

The Marseillais held on Sunday evening at the Vélodrome stadium to win narrowly, 2 goals to 1, against OGC Nice, and find, alone, second place in Ligue 1. Thanks to a penalty from Milik, just before the half-time, and to Bakambu at the end of the match.

Sampaoli's choices

We were frankly freaked out when we saw the team composition concocted by Jorge Sampaoli for this shock, without any professional side at kick-off.

But his choices, put in place by his assistant Jorge Desio, since the Argentine coach was suspended, finally paid off against Christophe Galtier.

Kamara, replaced at the heart of a three-man defense, played as a boss, and Gerson, left-back in the defensive phase, was always there to scrape a ball.

Even in his changes, Sampaoli made better choices than Galtier.

Like the goal, finally oh so important, of Bakambu (89th), who had just returned.

Special mention to Marseille supporters

A sold-out Vélodrome stadium and 64,722 Olympian supporters expected at the turn after the incidents of the first leg in Nice.

But the Marseillais were impeccable and again proved that they were the best public in France.

The south bend had taken an advantage with its superb tifo, but the north was able to respond with songs.

A small jump from Milik on his penalty and the Marseillais were able to explode with joy just before half-time.

And what about this communion at the end of the match, enough to finally fill up with confidence at home?

Waking up too late for the people of Nice

Dominated throughout the first half, Christophe Galtier's players thought they would wake up just after the break, but Stengs was flagged offside at the start of the action (48th).

The Niçois could have come back, but Delort lacked precision on several occasions.

Amine Gouiri, who had made misery for the Marseillais during previous confrontations, died after a whim from Saliba (15th).

And the reduction in the score of former Marseille player Mario Lemina came much too late (90+2).

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