Sampaoli justifies his choice to put Milik on the bench
Jorge Sampaoli on Amazon: “Should Milik have started? He scored a lot of goals. But this game asked me something else, I wanted deep players, that’s why I decided to put Bamba Dieng on one side and Cédric Bakambu on the other. But for us Milik is very important, just like Payet is very important. They are two players who, for the good of OM, need complementarity.”
Milik: “There are things I don’t understand but I’m doing my job”
Milik on Amazon after the game: “I don’t score every time but I’m happy that I did today and helped my team win. The three points, that was the most important thing.”
Asked about being a substitute, Milik replies: “There are things I don’t understand but I’m doing my job. That’s all.”
It’s over ! Important victory for OM 2-1 in Metz!
After the skid in Nice in the Cup, OM managed to keep up the pace in the league. It was not easy at Saint-Symphorien: Maïga equalized after the opener, and it took an acrobatic return from Milik in the last 10 minutes for Marseille to pull through.
Candé tries a very long free kick
The ball had effect, but not enough. It’s not framed.
Balerdi replaces Payet
Change that can be described as defensive.
4 minutes of added time
“Come on guys, we believe it!” (Corsican accent)
Antonetti still believes in it
In any case, he still shouts as much on his players.
Payet is warned
Time saving. Not far from his best today.
The entrants made the difference
Milik is a scorer, Kolasinac a passer (even if he comes from behind and sends the ball into the box with his head as best he can).
OH LA LA LA LA LA MILIK!
What an incredible and important goal: chest control back to goal and acrobatic return with people on the overcoat. 1-2!
And Under will try to unblock the situation
He replaces Dieng, after an interruption following a clash between Payet and Delaine.
Milik and Kolasinac make their entrance
They replace respectively Bakambu and Gueye. Funny choice from Sampaoli to play a left side on the left…
Nobody really manages to ignite the match
It’s not unpleasant, but we feel that the two teams are not confident and are above all afraid of defeat.
Bakambu is warned
The Marseillais claimed a foul on Gueye just before.
3rd change Metz
Pajot is replaced by Nguette. An offensive choice to try to take the depth.
Big miss from Marseille!
This time, Dieng is clearly too personal and would have done better to serve Bakambu, alone at the far post, rather than shooting from a tight angle. After Caillard’s save, Lirola takes the ball but fails to frame.
Mafouta is replaced by Niane
The former Xamax showed some interesting things, in his travels and his relationship with Boulaya.
Sarr replaces the striker Maïga, who limps out.
Bakambu and Dieng are in good shape, Payet a little less
It’s been complicated for a few weeks since the Reunionese.
Spectacular tackle from Kouyaté
The last minutes were as indecisive as this very committed outing in midfield, on which he may be slipping a little.
Very funny to see the Messin block move back 20 meters from the start
A priori, they have instructions and the point of the draw would already suit them well.
METZ EQUALIZES AND IGNITES SAINT-SYMPHORIEN!
Nice atmosphere to celebrate this goal of Maïga, who projected himself well into the surface and scored by tackling. 1-1!
Metz struggling at home
The Garnets have won only one of their last 19 home matches in Ligue 1 (6 draws, 12 losses), against Lorient on December 12 (4-1). The Mosellans have 7 points at home in Ligue 1 this season, the lowest total in the championship.
This back pass was not a gift for Pau Lopez
Caleta-Car serves Lopez with rebounds, towards the frame, and behind the Marseille goalkeeper. He still manages to clear in touch.
Here we go again !
No change for now.
It’s the break ! 0-1 for OM!
The Marseillais made the difference from a set piece, with a goal from a corner by Bakambu. OM dominate overall, but have not made the break and seem a little less sharp since the opener. Everything is still possible.
Yellow for Traoré
The Messin midfielder hooks Bakambu along the sideline.
Gueye very close to scoring
He throws himself into contact with a Messin defender to cut off a low cross from Bakambu, but the ball goes to the wrong side of the post (for the Marseillais).
Amadou spikes the ball from a corner
But it’s too axial and directly in Lopez’s niche.
Nice flow from Bakambu
In any case, if we tolerate the combo gloves – short sleeves, which has its fierce detractors.
CAILLARD INTERPOSES IN FRONT OF DIENG!
Metz had corners, but OM again managed to come out very vertically. Guendouzi throws Dieng into the area. The Senegalese shoots from a tight angle, it is pushed back by Caillard and it goes just over Bakambu’s head.
Announcement of the speaker
The referee brought a projectile launched from the stands, and the announcer asks that it stop.
We had not seen this card
Or to be more exact, we had seen it, without seeing to whom it was attributed. So it was Pajot.
Metz tries to react
The Boulaya-Mafouta duo seems quite natural. Nice exchange between the two, but the strike of the Algerian is countered and goes over
BAKAMBU OPENS THE SCORE ON THE CORNER!
The Marseille winter rookie is there as a fox to score by pivoting after a first header from Caleta-Car slowed down by a Messin defender. 0-1!
OM claim a hand
Metz can’t get clear after a corner. Gerson tries his luck from afar. It’s deflected by a hand or a knee, we don’t really know, and the video leaves the corner as it was largely off target.
Kouyaté should not miss
The Malian corners a cross intended for Dieng, intervening just in front of his line while stepping back.
New stat moment: Kouyaté is the player who has made the most defensive clearances in Ligue 1 this season, 116 before today.
First shot on target of the game
It’s not very dangerous, with an overly applied long shot from Traoré that Lopez calmly captures.
What a ball from Boulaya, again
Mafouta is a bit too short to touch the ball, and he hits Lopez in his tracks.
It closed down a bit
We feel that Metz is more attentive to the spaces left and that Marseille is patient.
Word game enthusiasts are also present
But we don’t know whether to congratulate them.
OM away from the Velodrome
Marseille have won 5 of their last 6 trips to Ligue 1. The Phocaeans are still on a defeat in the last (1-2 in Lyon), but have no longer chained 2 defeats in a row away from home. elite since March 2021.
This start to the match is rather lively
There are spaces at each ball recovery. This time, Metz is in a striking position. Delaine is offset by Boulaya, but his half-volley from the left is difficult and misses so wide that the ball does not even come out.
And Antonetti’s first cries come quickly
Generous foul whistled on Dieng, which prevents the Messins from starting against.
The first strike is for Dieng
The Senegalese is put in a shooting position at the entrance to the surface after a superb ball release from OM, very vertical.
Let’s go !
Kick off given by the Garnets.
Both teams enter the field
To the sound of AC/DC’s Hell’s Bells. Good choice.
Longoria talks about Alvaro and his interview in the Spanish press
Pablo Longoria on Amazon about Alvaro Gonzalez: “We as a club weren’t happy when he came out in the Spanish press without the club’s agreement or the knowledge of the club. That was the first mistake . we spoke to each other. We had a good discussion, Alvaro and I, within the club too. Here at OM, our way of being and doing things is to solve our problems inside the club. locker room. We talked a lot. We found a solution but at OM, we solve the problems inside.”
We’ll watch the lawn
It was recently changed, but is probably not yet completely on top. She already looks pretty degraded, and it shouldn’t be getting any better.
The composition of Metz
And here is the eleven of the Messins
The composition of OM
No Milik but Dieng holder in attack
Lopez – Lirola, Saliba, Caleta-Car – Guendouzi, Kamara, Gueye, Gerson – Payet – Dieng, Bakambu
In Metz, a few injured
On the Messin side, Frédéric Antonetti will have to do without Alakouch, Cabit, Centonze, Udol or even N’Doram, all injured.
A group almost complete for Sampaoli
He can count on a full squad for this trip, even if Konrad de la Fuente is not part of the selected group.
Many draws between the two teams
The first leg, in early November at the Vélodrome, ended in a 0-0. Note also that the last four games between OM and FC Metz have ended in a draw. We must therefore go back to February 2018 to see another result, namely a great success for Marseille (6-3).
Hello everyone
Four days after the heavy defeat against Nice in the Coupe de France (4-1), Marseille wants to bounce back on the lawn of Metz for the 24th day of Ligue 1. While the Aiglons fell in Lyon, OM can take the wide to 2nd place in the standings. A meeting to follow live with commentary on the RMC Sport app.