Suddenly followed by Monaco, Nice, Lille and Strasbourg in the race for Europe, OM finally pocketed its direct qualification for the next Champions League, on Saturday, by winning during the penultimate day of Ligue 1 on the field of Le Havre (1-3). The training of Roberto de Zerbi, still second, is accompanied by AS Monaco on the podium, while Nice, Lille and Strasbourg will compete for 4th qualifying place for the 3rd qualifying round of the C1.
Next Saturday, for the arrival of Rennes, the Vélodrome stadium could thus celebrate its players and in particular the two offensive cracks of the team: Amine Gouiri and Mason Greenwood. Recruited on January 31, the Algerian international clearly worn the Marseille club in the last straight line. Already a scorer in the last two games, he opened the scoring this Saturday in Normandy, after an opening from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg who escaped Arouna Sangante (56th).
This HAC-OM then took a hell of a turn with an interruption of more than 20 minutes. After the goal of Gouiri, Marseille supporters were taken to task in the stands, near the Kop Heaven and Marine, and this created a crowd movement that pushed families (Le Havre) to enter the lawn, alongside the Marseille replacements eating! The referee of the meeting, Mr. Delajod, thus sent all the players to the locker room.
Greenwood saves OM!
The meeting resumed in the 62nd minute on the display board and then changed in favor of Le Havre! The players of Didier Digard, Barragistes and threatened by a Saint-Etienne who was winning in Reims (0-2), resumed the meeting very well. On a long ball on the right side, Josué Casimir served Issa Soumaré for equalization (66th).
Not necessarily very serene, OM finally won the meeting thanks to the talent of Mason Greenwood. The English crack sent a sublime left strike 25 meters to give the advantage to his team a few minutes from the end (85th). His 19th goal this season! At the end of additional time, in the 99th minute, Gouiri finally kicked the bill to score his 10th goal with his new club, with whom he will therefore play the LDC next September.
