Unlike Didier Deschamps, his friend of the FC Nantes training center, Marcel Desailly has played only one season at OM. He chose it well. The central defender won the Champions League in 1993 with his friend “the Dèche” captain of the Marseille training, after a final won 1-0 against AC Milan, in Munich.
If the coach of the French team did not respond to the invitation of Olympique de Marseille for the “125-year-old celebrations” of the club, “The Rock” Desailly was very present alongside other legends like Jean-Pierre Papin and Josip Skoblar. The 98 world champion was even a holder in one of the two teams, such as Pascal Olmeta, Bernard Casoni and Jocelyn Anglooma, other European champions 93.
Less mobile than the other players on the field, at 56, Desailly was content to circulate the ball as number 6 with Stéphane Mbia and Benoît Cheyrou by his side. He arose in the opposing penalty area on a center of Pierre Issa, but was dominated in the air by Daniel Van Buyten, even falling back in contact with the Belgian giant. The native of Ghana had obviously planned to play 15 minutes, since he was replaced by Rod Fanni in the 16th.
Desailly goes out, Sonny Anderson does the show
The meeting was friendly to follow in an playful Vélodrome stadium. Didier Drogba did not shake the nets, contenting himself with a dribbling recalling his memorable goal against Newcastle during the 2004 UEFA Cup. It was Bafé Gomis, on a climb of Vitorino Hilton, who opened the score in front of Stéphane Porato at the end of the first period (38th). Enough to make the happiness of his friend Djibril Cissé.
In the process, Sonny Anderson, 54 (two years younger than Desailly therefore), scored a superb goal from outside the surface to Pascal Olmeta (41st). The Brazilian consultant on BeIN Sports offered a double on the return from the locker room (53rd). Portugal Rui Barros (passed by OM in 93-94), Brandao and Marc Libbra scored the other three goals of the Marseille evening.
