This is the expected shock of the 9e day of Ligue 1, Sunday evening: the duel between OM and PSG with this year a real challenge in the general classification since only three lengths separate the two clubs after eight championship lifts. An exceptional poster, obviously, an exceptional setting. And very likely record.
According to RMC, given the connections recorded on the platform for selling tickets for this summit match, more than 100,000 spectators could have caused the enclosure on Boulevard Michelet to burst if the capacity had been sufficient. With its 49,000 subscribers – a record raised by the Marseille management this summer – OM, it is true, benefits from a solid base whatever happens.
Last season’s record erased for sure
Many supporters found happiness in the perspective of this Classic by playing the game of the pack which included the reception of Angers on October 4 last (1-1). So the tickets went like hot cakes to properly receive the Parisian rival in Marseille. So much so that the record 66,046 spectators already promises to be broken.
Established last March during the visit to the Vélodrome de… Paris, this reference data will undoubtedly be erased, if only for cleverly orchestrated marketing reasons. The absence of PSG supporters on Sunday evening makes it possible to play happily on this record gauge since the Olympians’ ship can officially accommodate 66,760 people. This is precisely the number of fans who were able to invade the Vélodrome last June for the Top 14 final between Stade Toulousain and UBB. In a less restrictive security framework it is true.
