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Dieng, hero for a night
He is only 21 years old and was only celebrating his third start in Ligue 1, but what a performance. Bamba Dieng is a pure product of the Diambars training center in Senegal. Arrived last year, he won the trust of Jorge Sampaoli, who used him in a preparation match and chose to start him for this important match in Monaco. Under pressure, he started off badly by securing four big chances, including two found amounts. But he never gave up, like his team, and ended up registering a double full of opportunism by taking advantage of the opposing wanderings. His first two goals in Ligue 1 and an evening he will remember for a long time. He was the guarantor of the good performance of the Marseille midfielder.
LiveWorn by Dieng, Marseille confirm Olympic form in Monaco
Rongier, omnipresent
After a difficult last season, Valentin Rongier chained a second convincing start on the lawn of Louis II.
The former Nantes player has indeed regained all his sensations, with a large volume of play and many recovered balls.
He could even have participated in the party on a superb solitary raid ended by a stung balloon diverted by Nübel (41st).
Harit's promises
For her very first with OM, Amine Harit showed some interesting things. In the absence of Payet, the player loaned by Schalke 04 was responsible for ensuring the offensive transitions, offering good balls, good shifts. On the lawn of Louis II, he seemed comfortable to lead the Marseille game and sent an assist to Dieng.
Sampaoli's winning bets
Since the start of the season, Jorge Sampaoli never seems to be wrong.
Or almost.
If we except the accident against Bordeaux (2-2 after leading 2-0), OM seem sure of their strength and still showed interesting mental skills for the future.
Above all, the Argentine coach made winning choices by trusting young Dieng or by relaunching Rongier.
At the start of the season, he looks a lot like Marcelo Bielsa.
Flops
Niko Kovac lost the recipe
Last season, the Croatian coach seemed to have found the right formula with strong defenders and an attack on fire. For the past month, it's as if his players have completely lost confidence. Or had perhaps outperformed in 2020/21. Kovac however kept the same system with a central defense with three elements and a great freedom for the attackers but it is clear that the formula hardly works, with too many spaces left and little fluidity in the Monegasque game.
Volland and Ben Yedder, still absent subscribers
0 shot on target: Monaco's record at the end of this match is worrying. And the attack of the ASM must necessarily be targeted, starting with his duo Ben Yedder-Volland, still silent this season when he had scored 36 goals last season in Ligue 1. The German was the most clumsy missing a few counter situations, when the Frenchman is not rewarded for his efforts in the deep calls. Without its star duo, the Rocher club inevitably skates.
Matsima, mistake of youth?
To occupy the position of right central defender, Kovac had decided to trust the young Matsima (19 years old). Except that the young Monegasque encountered enormous difficulties in containing the depth. Bamba Dieng was thus delighted to rush into the spaces left. He is also guilty of opening the scoring by losing the duel, then letting the hero of the evening slip away. He will then give up his place at the break. An evening to forget.