Inefficient since his departure from Arsenal, Alexis Sanchez has found the flame with Olympique de Marseille. While waiting for the possible arrival of an additional scorer, the Chilean striker is carrying the Marseille club on his shoulders.
Sanchez was excellent against Monaco.
Plenty of attackers, little success. Since the beginning of the Frank McCourt era, Olympique de Marseille has never managed to find the rare bird to make people forget Baftimbi Gomis, the last center forward to have shone at the Vlodrome. It took until this 2022-2023 season for the Marseille club to finally be served with a player we weren’t necessarily expecting.
It was not won…
This player is Alexis Sanchez (34 years old). On paper, the free arrival of the Chilean from Inter is a nice move. A renowned player, experience, it never hurts in a workforce. But no one imagined that the two-time Copa America winner would return to such a high level after several difficult years since leaving Arsenal in the winter of 2018.
Whether it’s Manchester United, with only 5 goals in 45 games, or Inter, with 20 goals in 107 outings, the one who made Udinese’s heyday never managed to find the flame, the one that had given him allowed to become an elite player. In Marseille, the first sparks seen after a few matches turned into embers.
Sanchez did everything Monaco
His balance sheet as of January 29? 10 goals in 24 games in all competitions. It’s already better than its previous five exercises. In a rather unusual role as a forward, since he prefers to gravitate around a fulcrum, the South American does very well by occupying several roles: finisher, deliveryman, distributor and even sometimes recovery.
Not 8/10 and read Man of the match by the Maxifoot editorial staff, Sanchez probably made his most successful copy against Monaco (1-1), Saturday in Ligue 1. Gn in the first period by Axel Disasi and Guillermo Maripan, the Marseillais equalized as soon as he returned from the locker room to get his people back in the game . With 4 successful dribbles out of 4, 4 key passes and 12 duels won out of 17, the player passed by River Plate was sparkling.
angel tudor
Enough to push Igor Tudor to congratulate him as he should. Today is 10/10. He delivered a match worthy of the champion that he is. He’s a great guy with a big heart who takes responsibility. I like him as a man, because as a player, we all know the qualities he has. , dropped the Croatian manager at a press conference. It is up to its leaders to take advantage of it. Starting by finding him a new comprehension in attack?
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