Benefiting from the loss of Lens against the leader of PSG on Saturday (3-1), Olympique Marseille did not disappoint and, led by the Portuguese Vitinha, who signed a double, beating fragile Troyes (3-1) with authority and finishing second in Ligue 1.
The Croatian team Igor Tudor won again. After back-to-back draws against Montpellier and Lorient dropped them to third place in the standings, they beat Troyes, third from bottom and ten points from safety.
The visiting team had no response to the dominance of Marseille, who two minutes later were ahead of Vitinha’s goal after receiving a pass from Chilean Alexis Sánchez.
The second came just before half time, on 41′, after a great deep cross from Valentin Rongier was picked up by the Turk Cengiz Under to beat Gauthier Gallon again.
Vitinha sealed his double
The third goal, which sealed the game, came at 64′. In a corner Bosnian Sead Kolasinac goes and hits the post. Vitinha reached the rejection and ended Marseille’s victory, which surpasses the Lens in the classification, which it leads by one point.
In extra time, Troyes overcame their third straight defeat with a Guinean goal Mother Balde a pass from Jeff Reine-Adelaide that went past Spanish Pau López.
Source: La Verdad
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