OM-Metz (0-0): tops and flops
The hights
Payet’s influence
As against Lazio on Thursday, Dimitri Payet was involved in all Marseille occasions of the day. In the right tempo, the number 10 distilled several good passes (three key passes) for his teammates, and in particular Cengiz Ünder, who did not know how to take the opportunity to score. The original from Reunion hit the bar in the first period (23 ‘) and made a nice saving defensive return in front of Nguette who was going alone on goal (90 + 2’).
Delaine hit the post twice
Active on his left side, Thomas Delaine ignited the first period of this Marseille-Metz. Often present in the Marseille area, the left side got two big chances by hitting the two posts of Steve Mandanda on a cross strike and a uncrossed strike (6 ‘and 34’). At the very end of the match, Garnet made a good opening for Nguette and Gueye who got into it and wasted a big scoring opportunity (90 + 3).
The decisive stops of Oukidja
He did not have a lot of stoppages to make, since the Marseillais did little to frame this Sunday afternoon, but the messin goalkeeper was still brilliant. In particular in the 80 ‘, against Arkadiusz Milik, by performing a nice reflex parade on a close-range header from the Polish striker. The Algerian goalkeeper was also reassuring in his outings in the Phocaean feet.
The flops
Milik procrastinated
The Polish striker couldn’t tell the difference. Several times served in and around the Metz area, Arkadiusz Milik managed to frame only one shot out of five. Interesting in his catch of balls, the native of Tychy procrastinated against Oukidja, in particular on his head at close range in the 80 ‘(see above).
Luis Henrique too shy
Aligned on the Marseille left side, the Brazilian did not speak. The few times the Phocaeans have played in his lane, Luis Henrique has failed to bring danger into the Metz area. Out at 65 ‘, number 11 only shot once, did not win any duel out of three contested and did not attempt any dribbling.
Jemerson’s Expulsion
Following a big fault, with a sole forward on the top of Dimitri Payet’s shin, the defender was sent off at 56 ‘. Jermerson then left his, potentially interesting until this exclusion, in inferiority for more than forty minutes.