Kamanzi throws Aboukhlal on the right side. The Moroccan enters the area but his cross is pushed back at the last minute with a header for a corner by Murillo. Corner that gives nothing…
It looks like it’s playing three at the back with Murrillo, Balerdi and Garcia, from left to right.
The other results of the afternoon: Le Havre-Metz (0-1); Reims-Montpellier (1-2) and Lille-Strasbourg (1-0). And while waiting for PSG-OL this evening (9 p.m.) which we will of course follow for you.
Apart from the goalkeeper Blanco, Kondogbia, Ndiaye and Moumbagna, it is very young: Keyliane Abdallah, Yakine Saïd Mmadi, Sofiane Sidi Ali and Raimane Daou, who came on Thursday against Benfica. And then there is Stéphane Sparagna, who returned to Marseille in January after leaving in 2016, to play with the reserves. The 29-year-old defender, a former U21 international, played in the first team during the Marcelo Bielsa era.
A setback in Rennes (2-0), a failure at the Vélodrome against PSG (0-2) then another in Lille (3-1).
As written earlier, TFC has not beaten OM since 2016, in the League Cup. But to find any trace of a Toulouse success in Ligue 1 at the Stadium, we have to go back even further, to February 24, 2007: 3-0 with a hat-trick from Johan Elmander. Yes, it’s dated.
The absentees in question are around ten. Even the young Gaël Lafont (17), who came on Thursday against Benfica, is missing because he is suspended.
The Moroccan Zakaria Aboukhlal, who is gradually returning after a serious knee injury last September, starts, a priori on the right wing.
But that of Marseillais was even more of a mess, because of incidents between supporters. The day had already started badly, as we explain to you here.
The bus bringing the OM players was late arriving at the Stadium. Not really surprising, given that there were crowd movements around the enclosure, with scuffles between supporters of the two teams and intervention by the police, using tear gas.
Historically, OM always start favorites in their matches against TFC, both at home and away. Toulouse’s last victory dates back more than eight years, at the Stadium (2-1 after extra time on January 13, 2016, as part of the now defunct Coupe de la Ligue). Since then, Toulouse has taken quite a few slaps, even if Vincent Sierro and his teammates remain in a draw (0-0) in the first leg at the Vélodrome.
But this Sunday, the situation changed. On the one hand, the Violets can play with a liberated mind, almost assured of their survival. On the other hand, the Phocaeans display a decimated and out of breath squad, three days after qualifying at the end of the night for the semi-finals of the Europa League, at the expense of Benfica (1-0, 4-2 at the end of the night). shoot to the net).
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