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Ligue 1: Paris is bogged down, Marseille breathes

Paris SG stalled against Bordeaux (2-2) on Saturday four days before the crucial trip to Manchester United in the Champions League, a competition that Marseille managed to forget, on the Ligue 1 podium after its victory against Nantes (3 -1).

Wednesday we will try to play our best game, play well but we have to improve certain details: we have to play more as a team, we have to organize ourselves better and otherwise it will be difficult.“, summarized Neymar at the microphone of Canal + after the misstep at home.

With this poor performance, the leader of the French Championship is exposed to a return of the runner-up Lille, three points behind before traveling on Sunday (9 p.m.) to Saint-Etienne …

At the Parc des Princes, the Parisians displayed a sad face before crossing the Channel, punished by their former player Hatem Ben Arfa, decisive on the opening of the Bordeaux score and even more on the equalization of Yacine Adli, another former club in the capital.

Often untenable in attack, not always irreproachable in defense, I’m Arfa gave cold sweats to the club that banned him before he left in 2018.

It is first on a corner of the neo-Bordeaux that the “titiTimothy pembele (18), surprise holder for the first time in his young career, propelled the ball into his own net (10th).

Stormy but happy Marseille

The equalizer of the Girondins also came from his feet. It is he who serves the new entrant Yacine Adli, another former PSG, before the pretty curled strike of the striker (60th) deceives Sergio Rico, titular guardian in the absence of Keylor Navas.

Between two, Neymar on penalty (27th) and Moïse Kean (28th) had managed to erase the bad start of the vice-champions of Europe, without bringing the domination which befits their status.

If the PSG stalled, it is also because Kylian Mbappé failed to shelter his team, despite several clear chances.

The 21-year-old world champion was close to scoring the 100th goal of his Parisian career, but his counter remained at 99 because of a post (35th), an offside (48th) and a guardian, Benoît Costil, very lucid on a face-to-face basis.

Stifled in the Champions League, OM, for their part, offered themselves a breath of fresh air at the Vélodrome thanks to the three attacking holders Florian Thauvin (2e), Dimitri Payet (35th) and Dario Benedetto (60th sp), his first goal of the season in all competitions.

Despite a handicap of two games late, “in terms of accounting, we are not dumped“, welcomed the middle Boubacar Kamara, happy to give a little comfort to the supporters of OM disappointed after four defeats in four European Cup matches, without the slightest goal scored.

A hundred of them had invited themselves in front of the training center to block the Olympians bus as it exited towards the stadium, forcing the captain Steve Mandanda to come to parley.

This pressure surge “boosted us, we felt them present, it really made us aware of the stupidity that we did in C1“, dropped Chamber after this fourth victory in a row in the league.

Nantes have reduced the gap by Ludovic Blas (73rd) and can thank their goalkeeper Alban Lafont, author of a double stop in front of Mickael Cuisance then Blessed (7th), which he tamed just after (10th), and impeccable on a free kick from Florian Thauvin (13th) and in front Payet (22e).

With 21 points, OM are only one length behind Lille.

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