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What if OM had found their great striker?
Sampaoli, who played without an experienced scorer in Lyon on Tuesday, lined up two this Friday evening, against Angers, at the start of the 23rd day of Ligue 1. Cédric Bakambu was good.
Arkadiusz Milik was royal.
The Polish striker scored three goals.
All in a different register.
On a very good call, he scored the first with a small left-footed ball to come back at 1-2.
He then found the hole in the header, after some very good work from Gerson.
Finally, he made a superb call and tackled the ball served by Cengiz Under for the 'hat-trick'.
Arkadiusz Milik shot on goal six times and scored on his three attempts on target.
Gerson dances the samba
Just returned from his internship with the Brazil team, without having played, the Marseille midfielder was omnipresent this Friday evening, especially in the first period.
Gerson, guilty of a loss of ball on the first Angevin goal, quickly recovered in the direction of travel.
He unleashed a very nice strike 25 meters from goal to score his team's second goal and put Marseille back on a level playing field.
In this first act, he was the most attacking midfielder and found many striking situations.
He was also close to the double in the 36th minute, but Petkovic won.
Finally, more discreet in the second period, Gerson was also behind OM's third goal (see elsewhere).
The Fulgini Show
The Angevins were very enterprising in the first period.
Sofiane Boufal was stirring and behind the second goal but Angelo Fulgini was the most decisive SCO player of the evening.
He recovered a ball in the opposing area in the 8th minute and adjusted his strike perfectly.
The game was on!
Three minutes later, he was very well served by his Moroccan friend, before finding Nabil Bentaleb himself.
The midfielder triggered a big strike that allowed Angers to double the bet.
He gradually died out like all his teammates at the end of the match.
FLOPS
Petkovic, often in the back of the net
The Angevin goalkeeper was not at the party at the Vélodrome.
He may not be guilty on all the goals conceded, and is more a reflection of the weaknesses in his defence, but you can't concede five goals and have a great game.
On Milik's first goal, the Montenegrin closes his angle badly and the Pole places a perfect dive ball.
In the second period, he made a risky exit in the form of a dumpling, giving the Pole the goal of 3-2.
Finally, he was once again beaten by Milik, who only had to push the ball for his third goal.
On the other hand, Danijel Petkovic can do nothing on the goals of Gerson and Under, perfect strikes.
In total, the Angevin goalkeeper conceded five goals, he who only made three saves.
In the end, it was mainly his defense that took the water.
Payet does not shine
On Tuesday, the Marseille captain had been discreet in Lyon in a false nine position.
This Friday evening, number 10 returned to his favorite position and played behind two attackers.
Regal!
But Dimitri Payet was too little seen during this match.
He is not directly involved in any of his team's five goals.
He fired more than a dozen set pieces without ever being really dangerous.
The SCO took on water
The defeat of Angers is more collective than to put on the back of a few players.
With a desire to play quickly forward, Gérald Baticle's players exposed themselves more easily.
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Our positive momentum made us make bad choices, we must assume them together.
It was not necessary to stop playing, but to play differently.
For me it's an aberration to lead 2-0 at the Vélodrome and take the 2-1 on a counterattack.
But our game plan was to play
“Explains the Angevin coach after the match.
The SCO, which systematically sought the counter, came up against an often well-placed Marseille defense.
Sofiane Boufal, brilliant at the start of the game, gradually died out.
Azzedine Ounahi often made bad choices, and above all missed a huge opportunity just before the break which would have allowed them to take the score.
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In the second period we had too many defensive gaps.
This is a line of work
” concludes Gérald Baticle.