Ligue 1 – OM win in Bordeaux for the first time in 44 years thanks to a goal from Cengiz Ünder

Finally ! After more than 44 years of misfortune on Bordeaux soil, OM put an end to their long-term curse on the Girondins’ lawn, by winning by a short head against a team diminished by the Covid-19, thanks to a goal from Cengiz Under (0-1). A historic victory for the Marseillais, logical in view of their domination during this meeting, and which allows Jorge Sampaoli’s players to temporarily take second place in Ligue 1, three points ahead of Nice.

OM supporters can take a deep breath. If they will regret not having been able to live the moment with their own eyes, the match between their training and Bordeaux having taken place behind closed doors, they saw their team put an end to nearly half a century of disillusionment at the outside facing one of their historic rivals. For Bordeaux, this sixth defeat of the season at Matmut Atlantique leaves a lot of regrets. Because, although deprived of many executives, injured or gone to CAN, with disparate states of form due to the devastation of the coronavirus in Vladimir Petkovic’s team in recent weeks, they remained in the match until the end.

If OM has, especially because of a great Benoit Costil in the second half, never managed to kill the match, it did however uphold its status as the best defense of the elite by conceding very few chances. . Quickly, Dimitri Payet’s teammates set foot on the ball, and became more and more dangerous, like the post hit by Duje Caleta-Car (11th). But, in a cathedral atmosphere, they gradually fell asleep.

Unhappy, the Bordeaux goalkeeper allowed Under to open the scoring on a totally missed clearance, on which the Turkish international inherited the ball before going to goal and adjusting Costil from the left (0-1, 37th) . The teammates of Hwang Ui-Jo, author of a big failure on the only opportunity of his family in the first act (42nd), returned with good intentions in the second half, but they failed to worry Pau Lopez ( 47th, 50th).

The OM goalkeeper then saw his Bordeaux counterpart make a festival of stoppages to keep his team in the match. Faced with Caleta-Car (52nd), Mattéo Guendouzi (55th), Under (62nd) or Payet (73rd), the international tricolor won each time to keep a semblance of suspense. Only worried by Hwang (69th) and Dilrosun (74th), Lopez did not have a big stop to make, and, after the final whistle, he was able to ostensibly celebrate with his partners this success which counts double for the Olympians. , more than ever in the race for a qualification in C1 next year, and now freed from a weight.