Pierre Emerick Aubameyang helped OM win against RC Lens (2-1), Sunday evening at the Stade Vélodrome, by opening the scoring before being the decisive passer on the winning goal in the 85th minute. His stats for the season are incredible.
OM will not start as favorites against Atalanta next Thursday in the semi-final first leg of the Europa League at the Stade Vélodrome. The Phocéens are not a better team than that of Bergamo and were not better than RC Lens, Sunday evening at the Vélodrome. After opening the score in the first minute, Jean-Louis Gasset’s players stopped playing and even took to the water. The Sang et Or logically equalized in the 77th minute of the game.
This was without counting the essential Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Already a scorer from the start on a cross from Iliman Ndiaye, the Gabonese veteran (34 years old) took full advantage of a northern restart error, serving Pape Gueye, whose cross shot from the left deceived Brice Samba for the goal of victory (85th). There is no doubt that we will have to count on an Aubame as fair in the last gesture to resist the Dea of Gian Piero Gasperini.
Aubameyang behind Thauvin
In any case, Aubameyang improves his completely crazy statistics. The former Stéphanois now has 27 goals and 11 assists in all competitions. Even if it was precisely his delay in starting for many months which weighed down the team formerly led by Marcelino then Gennaro Gattuso. His failures in front of goal and his inactivity in the defensive phase launched Olympique de Marseille on a bad season. The team is only 7th in Ligue 1, outside of European places for the moment.
“PEA” is now the second most decisive player of the last decade in Marseille, behind Florian Thauvin who finished with an incredible record of 26 goals and 17 assists during the 2017-2018 season. Rudi Garcia’s OM qualified for the Europa League final at the end of a memorable journey, falling short to settle for 4th place in the championship. It’s already much better than the current season…
