The 101st clasico in history will not have allowed Marseille to reverse the situation, to end a decade of disappointment in the face of its best enemy. He will not have allowed, either, Lionel Messi to mark his first classic in France with his imprint. For the first time since the start of the season, the leader of Ligue 1 will even have shared the points, showing himself, like his opponent, unable to shake the nets despite his dream attack and the expectations it tirelessly arouses. However, from La Canebière to the Porte de Saint-Cloud, there is no doubt that no one, in the heart of the people of Marseille and Paris, will forget this first OM - PSG in the world after.
Because for the first time in two years, it is a stadium filled to the mouth, drunk with happiness and carried by a rare effervescence which for more than 90 minutes gave voice to push Payet and his band to compete with a champion of France who has, once again not had the opportunity to give his full potential.
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In pain.
Still.
As if the figure had been imposed on him for weeks, almost since the start of the season, Paris has once again sweated profusely in this meeting that France football was not wrong to predict more balanced than the previous ones.
Despite his galaxy of stars, the return of Neymar and Di Maria in an attack led by the six-time Ballon d'Or Leo Messi and the world champion Kylian Mbappé, the leader of the championship did not this time felt like home at the Vélodrome.
One goal denied for each team
The Parisians had however believed to have done the hardest part by opening the scoring on a strike from Neymar deflected without his own nets by Luan Perez.
A false joy thwarted by the VAR and the Brazilian offside.
An emotion that the Marseillais will know, a few minutes later, the goal of Milik suffering the same fate as that of the Parisian.
But if Paris did not respond to the meeting in terms of the spectacle, this time it put forward other virtues.
Those of the fight and the self-sacrifice that the exit of Verratti on injury (45th) and the expulsion of Hakimi (57th) forced him to magnify to resist the ardor of Marseille until the final whistle.
In a concert atmosphere tinged with July 14, where the voices of 65,000 spectators and the smells of firecrackers, never ceased to animate the meeting of this 11th day of Ligue 1, the Vélodrome showed the best of what a football match could be.
But he also exposed the worst.
That of supporters being ready to do anything, even to face the police, to enter the stadium at the break.
That of spectators capable, despite the point of reprieve that hangs over OM, to throw projectiles at the Parisians at each corner, or to see an individual interrupt an action led by Messi by entering the lawn.
The dark part of the show.
MATCH SHEET
Referee:
B. Bastien.
Spectators:
65,121.
Warnings.
Marseille: Rongier (18th).
PSG: Pereira (85th), Marquinhos (85th).
Expulsion.
PSG: Hakimi (57th)
Marseille:
Lopez - Saliba, Rongier (De La Fuente 71st), Peres Petroni, Caleta Car, Under (Gerson 78th) - Kamara (Gueye 71st), Guendouzi - Lirola, Milik (Dieng 77th), Payet (cap).
Entr.
:
Sampaoli.
PSG:
Navas - Hakimi, Marquinhos (cap), Kimpembe, Mendes - Di MarIa (Kehrer 60th), Verratti (Gueye 45th + 5), Messi, Pereira, Mbappé, Neymar (Wijnaldum 83rd).
Entr.
:
Pochettino.