Tops / Flops Marseille-Montpellier: Dieng the detonator, Montpellier without flavor

TOPS

Dieng, OM's future

African champion this winter, Bamba Dieng is one of OM's great revelations this season.

Author of a thunderous start to the season (3 goals in his first 3 matches), he experienced a slack, before recovering recently.

Scorer at St Etienne last Sunday, he did it again this evening by scoring closely.

But he didn't just score and posed a constant threat with his calls from deep.

He also caused the penalty for Marseille's second goal, which added credit to his performance.

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• Calendar and results Ligue 1

• League 1 standings

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Harit, the right dynamic

When Payet is not there, Harit dances.

In the absence of entry from the Reunionese, Amine Harit took over perfectly by displaying a lot of ease to lead the Marseille game.

His first action launched him into the water with a good call in depth and a right choice at the end of the action while waiting for the right moment to serve Dieng, who only had to finish the job.

He has been involved in 4 goals in his last 4 Ligue 1 matches (2 goals, 2 assists).

Sampaoli leads his boat well

7 consecutive victories: OM are in full swing.

And he undoubtedly owes it to his trainer Jorge Sampaoli.

The Argentinian technician manages his workforce very well, which is not experiencing a drop in speed.

Facing Montpellier, he had chosen to do without Pau Lopez and Dimitri Payet at the start.

To better revive Steve Mandanda in the cage and give Harit or Dieng a chance.

His choices paid off as both men were decisive and his team wasn't really disrupted.

OM have resources and that will count at the end of this busy season between 2nd place in Ligue 1 to defend and the Europa League Conference to negotiate.

FLOPS

Montpellier was too naive

3 successes in 12 Ligue 1 matches in 2022: the results are meager and are symptomatic of the weakness of this Montpellier team, which is sailing in the soft underbelly of the championship.

In Marseille, the Héraultais did not know how to organize their game and were above all weighed down by several defensive errors.

A rearguard that suffered throughout the game and an attack that proved powerless around a Savanier alone at level.

The offensive failure of MHSC

Mavididi, Wahi, Germain, Cabella, Makouana: the Montpellier attackers struggled this Sunday evening at the Vélodrome.

Some were too soft, others too rough, but in summary, they never disturbed a serene Olympian defense from start to finish.

Savanier, who never relaxed his efforts, could have been frustrated more than once during this meeting.