Sad record for OM

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By: Manu Tournoux

Olympique de Marseille held the shock against Lille on Sunday, at the end of the 32e Ligue Day 1. The Marseillais could even regret having to be satisfied with a draw (1-1) even if they were enough to keep his second place in the classification.

OM seemed to have done the hardest by opening soon after the hour of play thanks to Amine Gouiri. But the LOSC finally returned to equal at the start of the last quarter of an hour thanks to Matias Fernandez-Pardo and especially a huge blunder by Geronimo Rulli, the Olympian goalkeeper.

Adrien Rabiot, a decisive passer on the Marseille goal, did not hide his disappointment at the end of the meeting. “The result is frustrating. Given the match we all made, I think we would have deserved victory. We had a lot of clear opportunities, he said. I think they did not create much, they were offered this goal. It's pretty frustrating. But we keep our 2nd place, we have our destiny in our hands so it's positive. »»

The bad habit of Marseillais

Roberto de Zerbi, for his part, took care to defend his goalkeeper. “Rulli is my son. Today I am even more proud than in other games. It can happen. We have shown a lot of personality, quality in the game and in our players. If we are second, more or less since the start of the season, it is because we have personality. Against Lille, we played with personality, courage and attitude ”, he blown.

The Marseillais had all the more reasons to have it bad since this dumpling of the former Montpellier stretches the list of defensive errors made by the Phocaeans since the start of the season. According to the specialized Foot Stats account, the men of Roberto de Zerbi have already made no less than eleven defensive errors sanctioned with a goal. A record this season in Ligue 1 …