• OM got off to a terribly bad start to their match against Sporting Portugal on Tuesday in the Champions League, conceding the opener in the 52nd second.

  • But the Marseillais showed character to reverse the situation like Alexis Sanchez, author of the equalizer, and Amine Harit with a goal and an assist.

  • This victory allows OM to get back into the race for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

At the Velodrome stadium,

Who could have imagined the Marseillais still in the race for qualification for the eighth Champions League after 52 seconds of the match against Sporting, Tuesday evening at the Vélodrome stadium?

This is the time it took for Lisbon and Francisco Trincão to believe in an 18th defeat in 19 matches for OM in C1, and another nightmarish evening.



But Alexis Sanchez managed the feat of countering a clearance from the very slow Antonio Adan, the Sporting goalkeeper, to equalize and sound the revolt of his team (13th).

“Alexis scored and the game changed,” Amorim said afterwards.

The Chilean was well supported in this reconquest by an Amine Harit of the big nights, who after giving the advantage to his leading team (16th).

Before allowing Balerdi to forget his passivity on the Portuguese opener, also slamming a header, from a corner this time (28th).

What to be congratulated by a certain Erling Haaland, crossed a few years ago on the side of Dortmund, and above all a proof of character, where he would have plunged a few weeks ago.

“This victory gives us courage”

A bit like OM in this European Cup in recent years.

“We knew that we had the ability to win in the Champions League.

It started very badly, but we showed great strength of character.

It was important not to dive and to quickly get back into the game.

Which is not easy, but tonight it's a very good match on our part, ”said Amine Harit.

Payet's "substitute" especially savored his first goal in the Champions League for having "helped the team win their first match for some time", when his coach did not want to "individual praise “, preferring to emphasize the” seriousness of [my] team “.

"We missed this victory, it gives us courage and confidence so it's very important," said the Croatian coach.

She was above all "the last chance to stay in the Champions League thanks to these three very important points", as recalled by Pau Lopez, still lifesaver of his team from 0-2 (8th), who hopes that this victory will sound like " a click ".

Above all, it allows OM to continue to hope to reach the round of 16, and even the top of the group after the draw between Tottenham and Frankfurt (0-0), halfway through this group stage.

Unexpected.

Even if the Marseillais are still last, but with three points now.

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