Sharp and stunning Dembele, Caleta-Car exceeded
Dembélé’s decisive entry, Caleta-Car in distress… find the Tops and Flops of Lyon-Marseille (2-1).
TOPS
Dembele, the beautiful story
It’s one of those details that can rock a season. Positive for Covid this week, Moussa Dembele was finally able to challenge this meeting thanks to a negative test carried out at … 4 p.m. Whoever started the game on the bench changed the face of his team. Three minutes after entering the game, the French offered a first face-to-face with Pau Lopez (71and). He tried his luck a second time, with a header (77and) but was still distinguishable moments later. The striker cushioned a cross from behind. He then flew off for an acrobatic return which passed right next to Lopez’s cage (85and). But the apotheosis came at the 89and minute. The center forward was a but of high class. Served in depth, he caught Saliba cold by turning around and lobbed the Marseille goalkeeper with a subtle dive. Enough to capsize a whole city in the absence of a whole stadium (empty) and offer the first “Olympico” to his club since 2019.
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Gusto, 60 minute void flash pendant
During the entire first period – and even more – the lateral right was the only offensive danger. Often found in depth, he brought verticality to Lyon’s game, which was too often dull. He misses his face-to-face with Pau Lopez because of a small hesitation (13and) but made up for it with a saving return ahead of Guendouzi (37and). In the second period, he stands out less from the lot since his team finds itself. His activity in the corridor is finally rewarded with an assist (76and). A center gem finds the oddly lonely Shaqiri cheating on Pau Lopez. He ends up crippled with cramps, replaced by another young shooter trained at OL, Bercola (84and).
Guendouzi, omnipresent goalscorer
What an activity of Mattéo Guendouzi! The midfielder was everywhere on Tuesday night. In the absence of a professional centre-forward, the French international has turned into a scorer. At the 10and minute, he perfectly cuts a corner from Dimitri Payet at the near post. His hair brushed the leather just enough to deceive Anthony Lopes, caught at the far post. He then continued to project himself forward with 3 shots in the end (10and19and57and). He was less lively defensively, since OM mastered a large part of the game. He dives physically, like his partners, at the end of the match.
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FLOPS
Caleta-Car exceeded
The Croatian was in trouble all evening. He seemed overwhelmed the rare times OL infiltrated his camp during the first hour. He then completely used the water at the entrance of Dembélé. The defender did not press enough his pass towards his goalkeeper, who came out perfectly in front of the striker (71and). A few minutes later, he left Shaqiri alone behind him, who only had to adjust his head to equalize. If he is not involved in the last but, he often left too much space for Dembélé who had several opportunities (see above).
Marseille wingers
Cengiz Under’s overly cross shot will surely be on his mind… At 1-0, the Turk had the opportunity to kill the suspense but he didn’t close his foot enough against Lopez (68and). Like his teammates on the front of the attack, the former Roma did not have his usual performance. Luis Henrique didn’t really create any gaps and was the first replaced (70and). The playmaker Dimitri Payet was not radiant either. Little found, he missed most of the gestures he attempted. On the other hand, it has the merit of having delivered its 10and pass Decision of the season, from a corner. The entry of Harit (70and) brought nothing, while that of Milik (86and) was too late to draw conclusions.