A few weeks ago, Olympique de Marseille was comfortably installed in place of Dauphin du Paris Saint-Germain. Then, at the end of February, the Marseille club started a series of five defeats in its last seven Ligue 1 matches.
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Third place in the rankings. While there are only five championship days left to compete, it is even in danger.
Faced with this delicate situation, Leonardo Balerdi calls for the sacred union. “Today more than ever, let's all look together forward. Step by step, match after match. To achieve our common goals. With efforts, work and confidence: anything is possible. Players, staff, direction and supporters all together: go OM »wrote the Marseille captain on Instagram.
OM-Montpellier, prohibited defeat for Marseillais
At the end of the 29th day, Olympique Lyonnais returned to only one point from the club in the south of France. As for the Racing Club of Strasbourg and Lille, they now only have two lengths behind it.
OM begins its final sprint as early as Saturday evening, at 9:05 p.m. The Marseille club will welcome Montpellier to the Orange Vélodrome as part of the 30th day of Ligue 1.. Any other result than a victory against the red lantern would be synonymous with fiasco.