OM won in Rennes in a beautiful robbery. A victory that puts OM and all its supporters on a small cloud. It must be said that with this success, Olympique de Marseille is good, very good. 41 points in Ligue 1 in 20 days. Forty-one points. Including eight ahead of Rennes, the opponent of the day. So certainly, they can return to only 5 lengths with a success in Nimes in the middle of the week. But go ahead, friends. Go play this match at Costières. On the OM side, the work is done. So we’re going to sit quietly on a sofa, and we’re going to watch the rest. The rest of this 20th day of Ligue 1 already with Bordeaux-Lyon, Dijon-Lille and Saint-Etienne-Nantes. OM’s next match in Ligue 1 will be on January 25 with the reception of Angers. So by then, let’s savor. In all cases there is something to be serene.
The blow is even harder to take for Rennes
Why ? Already because this OM still manages to pass a course on the plane of the mind. In the first leg, OM returned to victories in large posters (success against Saint-Etienne, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux). But all of these matches were at the Vélodrome. Outside, the Olympians imposed themselves in Nice, but in a particular context at the start of the championship, then in Monaco where the mass movement of Marseille supporters always gives a special connotation to this movement. There, the Marseille training imposed itself in a Roazhon Park which dreamed of paying the second in Ligue 1, which pushed his team to the end. And at the end, it was Mandanda who threw up his arms, in favor of a real capital match. How can it be otherwise when the second is going to win over the third by a goal difference? So of course there are things that are not right, OM did not put out a demonstration on the Breton lawn, outclassing the premises. Already it was impossible given the state of the lawn. But maybe it’s better like that. The next few days will bring an element of response, but the morale of Julien Stéphan’s troops may be at a low point, after having provided such a match to have zero points. On the OM side, Mandanda returned from injury by making everyone agree to an international performance, without any false marks. Right in front of him, Duje Caleta-Car made a boss match and Amavi did not have a single concentration jump. Enough to spread serenity throughout the rest of the team.
Another winning coaching for Villas-Boas
Nothing will be offered to this team. André Villas-Boas knows this. But he is already preparing his group to rush in the wake of PSG without worrying about the rest. Once again, the technician has the necessary coaching with the entry of Kévin Strootman. The Dutchman scored the winning goal but not only. He is also there in the last minutes to scratch precious balloons in the middle. There is an element of success but also an element of mastery. Because Strootman is rather precise in this exercise and he has not ceased to be supported by his coach. Which necessarily encourages you to give everything when you come back. A small victory also for the coach who does not want to part with the former player of Roma in the transfer window. For the next league match, OM will have to do without Bouna Sarr, Boubacar Kamara and Dimitri Payet, who will all be suspended. But calm, there is time before this match, AVB will surely motivate a Radonjic for example to animate the Marseille attack. Until then, we can still stay quietly on our little cloud, each day suffices its pain.
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