Over the weeks spent winning - four times in six games - and impressing, Marseille is adorned with the clothes of more serious rival of PSG.
But slowed down in Angers on Wednesday (0-0), the Olympians saw their dolphin costume coveted by Lens, eager to add a few touches of blood and gold.
And at the end of a Sunday evening of madness at the Vélodrome, Franck Haise's men, who had understood everything about the Marseille system and its sometimes disproportionate ambitions, seized this coveted second place.
🏁 They did it!
Faithful to this constant desire to produce the game, the Lensois sign a convincing and prestigious victory on the lawn of a previously undefeated OM.
Well done and THANKS Gentlemen!
❤️💛 @ OM_Officiel 2⃣-3⃣ @ RCLens # OMRCL pic.twitter.com/RqtJKNblx9
- Racing Club de Lens (@RCLens) September 26, 2021
As we know, at the heart of his tactical innovations, Jorge Sampaoli asks for play, no matter what.
In front, on the sides, behind, the risks are often important.
And inevitably bring some waste, as on this penalty awkwardly conceded by the duo Saliba-Gueye and converted by Florian Sotoca (0-1, 9th).
Or on these spaces left by the Olympian defense used by Przemysław Frankowski to go and clean Pau Lopez's skylight with a striking roll-up (0-2, 27 ').
Artificer Payet was not enough
If Dimitri Payet had brilliantly sounded the revolt in his garden - a marvel of direct free kick (1-2, 33rd), then a penalty executed with coolness (2-2, 45th + 3) -, the little prince of Vélodrome was not enough for an inattentive OM behind.
Wesley Saïd took the opportunity to punish OM (2-3, 71st), who fell for the first time this season.
“We are disappointed.
Given the appearance of the match, I don't know if we put in the right ingredients.
Defeat seems logical to me.
We were on alternating current ”, regretted Payet on Prime Video.
6 - Dimitri Payet scored his 6th goal from a direct free kick in Ligue 1, 2nd highest total among current players in the top flight after Whabi Khazri (7) since Opta analyzed this data (2006/07).
Firecracker. # OMRCL pic.twitter.com/lXeeVEiSwa
- OptaJean (@OptaJean) September 26, 2021
After having knocked down Monaco (0-2) and Lille (1-0), Lens confirms its status as a scratching hair of the Championship by offering itself a new big one.
Not come to make the trip for nothing, the Lensois left for the North with a pretty dolphin costume.