The elimination of PSG opens the field of possibilities for the outsiders of this Coupe de France. At the forefront of these long-toothed wolves is OM, traveling to Petit Poucet Bayeux, without a victory in the oldest competition since 1989, without a trophy since 2012 after seeing the Champions Trophy slip away in the dying seconds last week. The opportunity is great, especially since the draw, which took place just before kick-off, promised a shock against Stade Rennais at the Vélodrome in the round of 16. The only difficulty for Roberto De Zerbi’s men: not taking the easy route against this R1 team. She is playing the match of her life in a Michel-D’Ornano stadium won over to her cause.
To avoid any pitfalls, the Italian coach sent an eleven between players looking for playing time (Medina, Murillo, Traoré, Gomes, Gouiri) and executives in full possession of their means (Pavard, Palmieri, Greenwood). The difference in level between the two teams was immediately felt, especially as the amateurs attempted to exert all-terrain pressure, which was immediately punished. After Emerson’s first attempt (4th), Murillo took advantage of a deep ball from Greenwood to serve Gomes at the penalty spot, completely alone thanks to Gouiri’s call (1-0, 13th). In the process, goalkeeper Lecanu missed his aerial release and allowed Traoré to double the lead (0-2, 19th).
OM respected the opponent until the end
Despite an already sealed scenario, Bayeux tried to attack and press but upon recovery, OM always or almost managed to put themselves in a position with a few passes. On a new opposing offensive, O’Riley managed to alert Traoré, who found the Dane after 60 meters of racing. This shifted Greenwood to the conclusion of the left (0-3, 26th). Rather discreet until then and author of a big miss a few minutes earlier, Gouiri made no mistake twice in taking advantage of Traoré’s service (0-4, 32nd). The bill was already starting to be heavy… Completely overwhelmed and dominated, the Normans returned at the break with the intention of playing less, while De Zerbi was already thinking about the following matches by taking out Palmieri and Medina for Weah and Egan-Riley.
That didn’t calm Marseille’s enthusiasm, nor Gouiri’s desire to show off. Despite contact with the opposing goalkeeper, the attacker remained standing to navigate the area and serve Greenwood in front of the empty goal (0-5, 49th). On the next action, we repeated the same, reversing the roles this time with the Englishman in the costume of the passer to the Algerian international (0-6, 55th). The only downside for OM was the ankle injury to Gomes, replaced by Bakola, on the verge of scoring on his first ball (68th). As the final whistle approached, Egan-Riley scored from a corner (0-7, 79th), Maupay also participated in the party by scoring his very first goal of the season (0-8, 86th), and Greenwood finished the job (0-9, 90th). OM showed seriousness throughout the evening and earned the right to dream in the face of this table which is more open than ever.
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