Olympique de Marseille did not tremble for a second on Sunday at the end of the 14th day of Ligue 1. By winning easily (0-2), with outrageous ball possession and sufficient efficiency against the AS Saint-Etienne, the Marseillais took second place in the championship from AS Monaco. Comfortable away – understatement – since the start of the season, the Olympians were to confirm this after their victory against the Monegasques last weekend. They did this by immediately confiscating the ball from the Greens, who quickly leaned into their own half and did not show much offensive inclination in front of their audience.
The hardest thing in these situations where the opposing team offers a very grouped block is not to display sterile possession of the ball and not to expose yourself to counterattacks. OM managed to avoid both. On a very good serve from Neal Maupay, still a decisive passer, Adrien Rabiot executed a very nice sequence of control and powerful recovery from the left to light up Larsonneur and open the score (0-1, 17th). This is the first goal in his new colors for the former Parisian, boss of the Marseille midfield on Sunday and increasingly interesting in the game.
Greenwood does it twice
It was after the break that Marseille, still not tickled in the least by the Stéphanois, was able to make the break and fold the match. After receiving a foul himself in the area, Mason Greenwood failed from the penalty spot against Larsonneur, but followed well and finished from the left to score his 10th goal of the season and join Bradley Barcola in second place among the top scorers in Ligue 1 this year. season, one length behind Jonathan David.
The end of the match was interminable, the fault of the massive use of smoke bombs on the part of the Greens supporters. Saint-Etienne is 16th and play-off in the evening of this 14th day.
