Marseille 2-0 Montpellier: Cozy threesome before revenge in Toumba

A few days after their first meeting with PAOK in the 8th Conference League (2-1 win), Marseille returned to Velontrom, this time for the championship, with the team from the south of France not having the slightest problem. against Montpellier and 2-0 for the 31st game to stay in good mental shape for the second leg against Dikefalos next Thursday (14/4).

Jorge Sampaoli left the likes of Paget and Bacabou on the bench while skipping the unprepared Milik to have them all set up for the game in Toumba.

He also lost Tsaleta’s Tsar, who scored in warm-up (doubtful for the game with PAOK). Those who played took care early on to allay the stress of the podium in relation to the result, with the Focaeans in complete control of Montpellier, scoring twice in the first half.

It was only in the 9th minute that Dieng welcomed the assist after Arit’s exceptional individual energy to make it 1-0 in front of a defenseless home, while before the end of the first 20 minutes the hosts scored their second goal when Uder scored a penalty in the 19′.

After an hour of play, Sampaoli made the pass to Paget, with the 35-year-old Marseille team leader being one of his most active players in the last half-hour, keeping it at a high level that Montpellier didn’t allow (change was made to 63′ Kabela) made to believe that he might return to the game.

In the 74th minute, Gerson had the home side’s best chance of the second half when he made a nice control and found himself in a shooting position but didn’t catch the shot he would have liked for the 90th minute phase to come You and give Montpellier a free kick.

When Paget perfectly unfolded Marseille’s counterattack, throwing the ball into space for Enrique, keeper Omlin had to knock him down and the referee showed him a direct red card in the last crucial phase of the game.

In the final, given the firefight with PAOK, Marseille finished 2nd overall and Montpellier 11th overall to add another link in their incredibly unfavorable tradition against Marseille, who only had 2 wins in 27 encounters on Ligue -1 level.

MARSEILLE: Madanda, Ronzier (79′ Lirola), Salimba, Perez, Gentuzi, Gage (79′ Kolasinac) Kamara, Arit (90′ Segir), Gerson, Uder (60′ Paget), Dieng (60′ Enrique)

MONPELIE: Omlin, Souke (79′ Zambia), Koza, Sako, Mavindidi (90′ Berto), Ferry (79′ Makuana), Estev, Moge (63′ Germain), Savannie, Leroy, Way (63′ Campella)

The results of the 31st game

Ligue 1 ranking

The program of the 32nd game