Olympique de Marseille thrashed Toulouse and climbed one position in Ligue 1 to finish third, 11 units behind the only leader, PSG.
The Olympic Marseille received the Toulouse with the mission of winning in the return of the Ligue 1 and to continue in the top positions of the French First Divisionto close the gap with the teams that are on the championship podium.
Minutes before the start of the duel, the unfortunate news of the death of the Brazilian star Pelé, who passed away at the age of 82. Due to this, in the Vélodrome was paid tribute to the legend of world football.
Now with the teams on the pitch to play the match, there was a real Marseille dancewhere they proved to be vastly superior to their rivals.
The first goal of the match, he decreed it Valentin Rongier at 13′ minutes of the first half, while the second goal for the locals was an incredible own goal from Nicolaisen left 41′.
WHAT DID YOU DO NICOLAISEN? The defender wanted to give the ball to his goalkeeper, he didn’t see that he was ahead and HE TURNED AGAINST! INCREDIBLE BLOOPER AT THE CLOSING OF THE YEAR!
???? Look at the #Ligue1 for #StarPlusLA pic.twitter.com/WmY0rz1BII
— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) December 29, 2022
Already in the complement, the advantage of The Phocians was superior, when elements such as Alexis Sanchez and Dimitri Payet.
However, one of the most beautiful goals of the day was scored by the left side of Igor Tudor, Kolasinac, who on a tile left a player scattered to convert before the astonished look of the goalkeeper of the Toulouse.
Beautiful tribute from Kolašinac to Pelé #OMTFC
pic.twitter.com/QZEn532vvI— Bernard Colas (@BernardCls) December 29, 2022
Then came the fourth for the Olympics with a good goal from Payet at 66′, but the Toulouse reacted to the defeat they were suffering and from the 12 steps, Van den Boomen at 66 ‘, installed the goal of honor.
However, the locals did not stop attacking and stretched the figures in the light and at home with the goal of Cengiz Under penalty at 80 ‘and Nuno Tavarez converted the sixth at 82′.}
With the win, the cast led by the Croatian Igor Tudorwas located in the third position of the Ligue 1 with 33 units to 11 of the PSG pointer.
On the following date, The Phocians led by Alexis Sanchezthey will see action before Montpellier on Monday, January 2 at 3:00 p.m. at the De la Mosson stadium.