It was to be the shock at the top of the French championship. An OM-PSG poster finally up to par given the ranking of the two teams. With real suspense linked to the new ambitions of Phocaeans possibly armed to finally compete with their best enemies on the ground. And yet there was no match this Sunday at the Vélodrome stadium, at the end of the 9e lifting of Ligue 1.
Too quickly, too easily, the Parisians were able to gain the upper hand despite the incandescence of the Marseille public, Joao Neves then taking advantage of the generosity of the Olympian defense (0-1, 7e). And while OM was already struggling to find its rhythm, a certainly severe red card dealt by Mr. Letexier to Amine Harit for a stamp on Marquinhos sounded the death knell for Provençal pretensions (20e).
Paris alone leader
In the process, Balerdi found himself alone in front of Rulli’s cage, signing an improbable csc that looked like a coup de grace (0-2, 29e). And Barcola added even more to the bill before the break, with a new approximation of the Marseille rearguard (0-3, 40e). The chalice to the dregs for the OM supporters, some of whom then left the stands.
At the end of a second period without much relief, not to say tasteless, PSG will have signed an important victory if not as spectacular as the score suggests. Building on this success, the Parisians, who belong to the last undefeated collective this season in Ligue 1, assert their leadership now three steps ahead of ASM – six ahead of OM.
