OM provides the essentials but for the show we will have to wait

For the show, it is not yet that since the success of the Olympique de Marseille 2-0 against a team of Dijon, condemned to go down in Ligue 2 does not yet show the Sampaoli leg in the Olympian game.

This Monday morning, the Marseillais will rather retain the good accounting operation at the end of this 31st day which saw its direct competitors take their feet in the carpet: Lens and Rennes drew.

OM are getting closer to fifth place, exactly one point behind the Lensois. 

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Controlled match of our Olympians who won this match without trembling

✈️ Next meeting next Saturday in Montpellier for the 32nd day of @ Ligue1UberEatspic.twitter.com / svNWbdDMCU

- Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) April 4, 2021

The Marseille players did the job without being convincing, the fault of a game that was still too sterile.

It is not trivial if the two achievements come from a set piece.

The first comes in the extra time of the first act, where the Argentinian Leonardo Balerdi perfectly takes over a center from Payet following a too lax marking of Wesley Lautoa.

The second, ten minutes from the end of regulation time, when Alvaro deflects the center of Payet, again decisive, to seal the fate of this low-content meeting. 

Automation to find in attack 

The 3-5-2 proposed by the new Marseille coach, Jorge Sampaoli is still in the learning phase.

It must be said that the Marseille players faced an ideal opponent to put into practice the patterns of play worked during the international break, facing the last of the championship who remained on ten consecutive defeats.

Starting with the corridors which were half-satisfied, more on the right side where Pol Lirola was interesting in sequences while the tenure of Luis Henrique on the left side did not bring the expected effect.

All together !

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- Pol Lirola (@lirola_kosok) April 4, 2021

As for the two offensive leaders, Payet and Thauvin never managed to find the Polish striker Milik, in order to create danger in the Dijon defense.

The Reunionese had the opportunity to score a goal, twice, (54th, 60th) in vain, while the French world champion failed to make any difference.

If this performance is sufficient to win against Dijon, at home, the Marseillais will have to raise their level of play to seek higher.

For now, we will remember the three victories in four matches of the Argentine tactician for his debut on the bench of OM. 

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