After having lost heavily at home against Lyon (0-3) on May 1, then suffered an infuriating elimination in the semi-final return of the Europa League Conference in front of Feyenoord (0-0) on May 5, Marseille began its sprint this Sunday. final in Lorient. The objective is now clear: not to lose everything, and to stay firmly in second place, temporarily stolen by Monaco on Friday. At Moustoir, OM won the first of their three finals.
Dreyer ramparts at half-time, Marseille decimated
Already deprived of Amine Harit, last minute forfeit, the Marseilles also lost Cédric Bakambu, injured on the quarter of an hour. a point-blank header from Gerson (22nd), then another from Dieng following a corner (25th).
It’s only a postponement for the young Senegalese, who manages to deceive the Lorient goalkeeper just before the break by transforming with a Zlatanesque volley a very good cross from Cengiz Ünder on the right side (0-1, 38e). The 7th goal of the season in Ligue 1 for the young Olympian striker. This goal unfortunately sounded the end of the state of grace for Matthieu Dreyer.
At the very beginning of the second half, Guendouzi made the break against his training club with a crushed strike from the left at the entrance to the surface, badly negotiated by the goalkeeper of Les Merlus (0-2, 47e). On the hour mark, the two players in the first goal unite for the third: Ünder recovers then alerts Dieng on the right side, who sends a superb pass to Gerson on the opposite side (0-3, 67e). A goal and bad news since in the action, the scorer and the passer are injured and have to leave, adding to the long list of residents of the Marseille infirmary.
While waiting for two last matches against two serious competitors in Europe (Rennes, then Strasbourg), the Marseillais regain second place in the standings and a comfortable 3-point lead over Monaco. The Lorient residents remain 17th with only three lengths ahead of Saint-Étienne, 18th and roadblocker, opposed to Nice on Wednesday (7 p.m.).
Match sheet
Yves-Allainmat stadium (spectators)
Arbitrator. M. Dechepy.
Buts. Dieng (38e), Guendouzi (48e), Gerson (67e)
Warnings. Lemoine (55th) for Lorient; Saliba (64th) for Marseille
Lorient: Dreyer – Mendes, Laporte, Morel – Silva (Ouattara, 61st), Le Fée, Lemoine (Monconduit, 60th), Abergel (Innocent, 74th), Le Goff – Laurienté (Boisgard, 74th), Moffi (Koné, 61st). Entr : Christophe Pellissier.
Marseille : Mandanda – Rongier, Saliba, Caleta-Car (Kolasinac, 52nd), Peres – Guendouzi, Kamara, Gueye – Ünder, Bakambu (Dieng, 17th then Henrique, 68th), Gerson (Lirola, 68th). Entr : Jorge Sampaoli.
