Tras ganar el clásico al PSG, el Olympique cayó en casa, puso fin a su pleno de puntos y no pudo alcanzar el primer lugar.
El Marsella, que había ganado sus dos partidos y venía de derrotar el domingo al PSG en el tumultuoso clásico del Parque de los Príncipes, tenía hoy la oportunidad de situarse líder en solitario de la Ligue 1, pero fracasó en su intento ya que el Saint-Étienne le sorprendió en el Vélodrome en encuentro aplazado de la primera jornada (0-2). Los ‘verts’ sí lograron mantener su pleno de triunfos y se sitúan en cabeza con 9 puntos, dos más que el Rennes.
Gran inicio del Saint-Etienne
El Saint-Étienne protagonizó un gran primer cuarto de hora de partido ya que abrieron el marcador y tuvieron dos buenas ocasiones de ampliar su ventaja. En el minuto 6, Romain Hamouma batió a Steve Mandanda, decisivo ante el PSG, al adelantarse en carrera a Duje Caleta-Car en un centro de Yvann Maçon. El balón
El Marsella contó en defensa con Álvaro González, acusado por Neymar de provocar su expulsión en el descuento del clásico con un comentario racista, pero no con el lateral Jordan Amavi y el delantero Darío Benedetto, sancionados tras ser expulsados en el Parque de los Príncipes.
Ocasiones pero el Marsella echa en falta a Benedetto
El Olympique echó en falta sobre todo un ‘9’ como Benedetto para culminar algunas de las ocasiones de que dispuso, como una de Florian Thauvin, autor del gol en París, quien protagonizó una contra pero su disparo cruzado fue desviado a córner por un defensa (40’).
Tras el descanso el equipo de André Villas-Boas salió volcado de la mano de Dimitri Payet y acarició el empate en dos acciones consecutivas. En el 54’, el joven Marley Aké se lanzó al césped para empujar al travesaño un pase de la muerte de Thauvin, habilitado a su vez por Payet en una destacada combinación.
Y, dos minutos después, Payet insistió con un buen centro desde la izquierda, Morgan Sanson falló el remate en el punto de penalti y Thauvin, desconcertado por el error de su compañero, no acertó a desviar el balón hacia el fondo de la portería.
Bouanga sentencia
El Marsella fue perdiendo fuelle aunque siguió dominado y el Saint-Étienne sentenció en una contra iniciada por Arnaud Nordin, que sentó a Caleta-Car con un regate exquisito y envió a Denis Bouanga para que fusilara por la escuadra (75’).
El Marsella acusó el golpe y solo volvió a crear peligro ya en el minuto 89 con un lanzamiento de falta de Thauvin que el meta Jessy Moulin por encima del larguero. El Saint-Étienne se ha mostrado intratable en sus tres partidos, con 6 goles favor y ninguno en contra, tras sendos 2-0 en casa contra Lorient y Estrasburgo antes del 0-2 de hoy en el Vélodrome.
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