The fourth consecutive victory, achieved against Montpelier (2-0), fixed Olympique Marseille in second place in Ligue 1 in France just behind Paris Saint Germain, where they are separated by twelve points.
Argentine side Jorge Sampaoli is fighting back against Stade Rennes who have remained as its main opposition for the runner-up. Nice and Strasbourg did not succeed and left the matter, for now, one-on-one.
Second place directly qualifies for the Champions League. And that’s what Marseille were looking for, beating a rival at the Velodrome in low time and lowering their arms after a quarter of an hour, when the local advantage was already two goals.
Sampaoli’s team, which selected Steve Mandanda on goal at the expense of Spaniard Pau López, who started in recent days, opened the scoring eight minutes later after a great individual action by Amine Harit helped. Bamba Dieng to push, on an empty goal, the ball into the net.
The second was in the 17th minute, when a foul inside Jordan Ferri’s area on Bamba Dieng was sanctioned by a penalty converted by the Turk. Cengiz Under.
Sampaoli, who was sentenced to a game against a rival with ten for ousting Jonas Omlin, measured efforts and saved energy for European commitment on Thursday in the Conference League in the match against PAOK Thessaloniki.
Source: La Verdad
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