It is a new unprecedented controversy that shakes French football. Sunday evening, the classic between Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain was to compete on the side of the Orange Vélodrome. No luck; The climatic conditions that fell on the city in the south of France have forced the authorities to postpone the match. So a question arose: when to organize this shock at the top of French football?
The regulations stipulated directly that the meeting was to be played the next day, except in the event that one of the two teams played a European competition match. Which is not the case. Except that, this evening, it is the Ballon d'Or 2025. A prize ceremony where several PSG members should be rewarded in the different categories that exist, starting with Ousmane Dembélé, co-favori to win the Grail of individual distinctions. A competition of circumstances which therefore falls very badly for Paris Saint-Germain…
OM will take advantage of Parisian absences
The capital's club was, without success, attempted to have this match play on another date, but the LFP rose to the side of Olympique de Marseille. And simply. A decision which made Parisian decision -makers crazy, and which arranges the Marseillais, necessarily. If they had to shift their ritiro In Italy for a day, the Phocaeans have reasons to be satisfied as indicated by the team. Indeed, in the event that the match was reinforced on a later date, in December as wished by PSG for example, the Roberto de Zerbi team should probably have faced a Parisian team without so many absents. Tonight, Luis Enrique will always be deprived of players like Désiré Goué, Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembélé and João Neves.
With so many absences, PSG is logically less strong and it is therefore a great opportunity that presents itself for OM. We therefore better understand the insistence of the Marseille leaders, while among the supporters, we are also delighted to have, in a way, a little “spoiled” the ceremony of the Ballon d'Or for the Parisians. Provence explains that we were delighted internally in Marseille. In short, this postponement does not change much for OM and also allows to harm the sworn enemy, while for PSG, it forces management to review a lot. The fact remains that thousands of Marseille supporters who had made the trip to attend the match yesterday will have to go home empty-handed …
