Forgotten, the slap received in Nice. Four days following their setback in the Coupe de France (4-1 defeat), Olympique de Marseille recovered perfectly on the ground of FC Metz, winning 2-1 at the Saint-Symphorien stadium. A success that allows Sampaoli players to consolidate their 2nd place in the standings and come back to 13 points behind PSG. But above all to take a 4-point lead over Nice, 3rd.
Faced with a low block made up of five Metz defenders, the Marseillais unblocked the situation thanks to the more than prolific entry of Arkadiusz Milik, already author of a hat-trick once morest Angers a little over a week ago. Criticized lately, the Polish international split with a superb gesture to offer victory to his people, while criticizing his non-establishment: “ There are things I don’t understand, but I’m doing my job. And how ! Upon receiving a header from Kolasinac, the Olympian striker who had entered a few minutes earlier produced a superb sequence of chest control and scissors to deceive Caillard (82nd).
Opportunistic Bakambu
Previously, the first fault had been found on one of the many Marseille set pieces. While Mafouta came close to opening the scoring on receiving a very good cross from Boulaya, Payet took advantage of yet another corner in favor of the Olympians to find Saliba’s header two minutes later. Using an excellent vision of the game, the former Stéphanois put the ball at the feet of Bakambu, who only had to score at close range (26th).
Metz nevertheless believed in it. Once its low block was somewhat broken down, the Lorraine club benefited from several opportunities on the counterattack. One of them also saw Candé escape in the left lane before centering perfectly low to the ground in the direction of Maïga, alone at the level of the penalty spot. Pau Lopez might not do anything to take out the shot from the Ivorian.
Despite this second goal scored in 2022, Metz does not take off from its 19th place in the standings and sees Ligue 2 getting closer. For its part, OM will have to focus on their round of 16 of the Europa League Conference, once morest Qarabag, before turning to the reception of Clermont next Sunday.