Ligue 1 – Igor Tudor congratulates Dimitri Payet and Mattéo Guendouzi for their decisive entry at OM – Auxerre (2-1)

OM’s evening was not easy. It took almost three quarters of an hour for Igor Tudor’s men to come back and win against AJ Auxerre (2-1) on Sunday. The entry of two darlings of the Vélodrome, in the person of Dimitri Payet and Matteo Guendouzi, then the equalizer of Cengiz Under and the goal of Alexis Sanchez in stride, allowed the Marseille club to reverse a very complicated situation.

The scenario of this closing match of the 33rd day of Ligue 1 resembles that which is generally remembered, especially since these three points will probably be crucial when the Marseilles do the accounts in five matches. “As a joke, you could say that winning like this is even more beautiful”allowed himself to blow Igor Tudor after the meeting.

Tudor’s Winning Coaching

“It was one of our best games here (at home), rejoiced the Marseille coach at the microphone of Amazon Prime. We went to their area many times and had many opportunities to score. Three important points, what a game”. All the more beautiful in the eyes of the technician as the changeover was made at the time of a tactical choice. That of the double change Payet-Guendouzi, entered in place of Vitinha and Chancel Mbemba in the 70th, five minutes before the first Olympian goal.

“It’s superb how Payet and Guendouzi entered. I’m proud of them, they showed their value and brought quality to a match that could be key”was satisfied with the Croatian, who has made Payet a simple rotation player since the start of the season and killed Guendouzi’s starting status since the start of 2023.

This did not escape the eyes of Pau Lopez either: “There are two players today who changed the game, analyzed the Spanish porter. It’s Mattéo and our captain (Payet). I think today we have to say something about our captain. He showed that he is our leader, on every ball. With Matteo they changed the match“. And yet, despite the result and the scenario, the Marseillais have not stopped talking about the shock of next weekend, against Lens, capital in the fight for second place. Starting with Igor Tudor, who feels his ready men: “Yes it’s a very important match for us. I remember the first leg, a fantastic match, I think we deserved to win more than them. It’s going to be difficult, they’re good. But we’re good too “.

And OM only have their minds in Lens, nothing else, we promise: “We don’t think much about PSG, assured Tudor, pretending to be surprised when he was reminded that only five points separated his team from the Parisians. There are five matches left, fifteen points, it will be difficult, but in football you never know. So we have to think about what we have to do and we’ll see.” Among his players, the speech is much the same. His porter believes that he does not especially look at the first place. “We would be wrong if we looked ahead, I think we should rather look behind”.

Look in the retro therefore, in order to leave the Sang et Or there, who are currently four points behind and one game less. Because “Next week we may be playing the most important game of the season.hammered Pau Lopez. And then we’ll see what we’re going to do. We have to rest and think about Lens, it will be a final for us”. Artesians have been warned.