Sunday evening hovered a special atmosphere above the Vélodrome, where 57,000 Marseillais took the time to celebrate, one last time, Bernard Tapie.
Hailed from below, the “boss for eternity” must have said to himself that he would have terribly liked to be the president of this Marseille too.
Tapie would have formed an exciting duo with Jorge Sampaoli, as much, if not more volcanic than him yet.
From up there, seated forever next to the Marseille star, the former leader must have vibrated as at the time for “his” OM.
Who, on the evening of the 10th day and despite a late match, resumed his place on the podium in Ligue 1. Because this success at home against the long troublesome Hakes (4-1), carried the DNA of his burning Argentine coach .
In the faults like the qualities.
🙏 The @ orangevelodrome tribute to Bernard Tapie 🙏 #OMFCL pic.twitter.com/0FzXYHY1DJ
- Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@ Ligue1UberEats) October 17, 2021
A Payet and a Velodrome for great evenings
Since OM, sucked forward under Sampaoli but often with their wings plucked on their 3-3-3-1, exposed themselves to the liveliness of the Hake, ready to spring up at the slightest opportunity. Stéphane Diarra, not expected in the eleven from Lorient at the start, provoked Luan Peres at the entrance to the surface. And then the penalty. A formidable hitter of set pieces, Armand Laurienté transformed him with a “neymaresque” momentum (0-1, 13th), and extinguished the bronca of the Olympian enclosure.
Successor 27 years behind Bernard Tapie, Pablo Longoria was impatient to have "the opportunity to see together Payet and Milik", his "technical leaders", who simultaneously started a match for the first time in 2021-22.
The Reunionese, of all the dangerous movements thanks to his total freedom on the ground, turned into a
maestro
.
Dimitri Payet will not be awarded an assist, but with his fantastic feint, which opened a boulevard to Boubacar Kamara on the equalizer (1-1, 27th), it was just like.
The Velodrome was set ablaze, burning to see its players continue to apply the crazy precepts of the former coach of the Albiceleste.
📸 The joy of our kid @ boubaKamara_4 💙 #OMFCL https://t.co/TDtirjqjhP pic.twitter.com/cC7C0TGw6i
- Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) October 17, 2021
And a few minutes after a "To arms" to wake up the dead, Mattéo Guendouzi lobbed Paul Nardi with an uncrossed header (2-1, 57th).
On a corner from Dimitri Payet, obviously.
Who ended his festival of passes with an ideal service for Milik (3-1, 85th) before the csc of Houboulang Mendes (4-1, 90th + 2).
If the last Olympian Sunday night in Ligue 1 had been a failure (2-0 in Lille), it could not end otherwise than with this breathtaking performance, full of character.
A part of the boss, in short, that the boss would not have denied.