om | OM-Strasbourg: do better than Monaco to go directly to C1, all the info before the match
OM no longer have a choice. Tonight against Strasbourgthe Olympians must do better than AS Monaco to hope to qualify directly for the Champions League with second place.
And above all not to lose, and see Rennes beat them on the post.
It would be a very sad way to draw the curtain on this 2021-2022 season. An era ultimately more successful than expected on the sporting level, but where the transplant was sometimes difficult with this new coach and this group renewed by two-thirds. But an era that brought fans back to a very often incandescent Velodrome that was never lacking in inventiveness for the entertainment at the players’ entrance.
Finally, an era which has rarely seen the team refuse the game, even if Jorge Sampaoli’s obsession with possession has sometimes turned into boredom. “Several times the team did not know how to make the difference when we couldhe concedes. We need to do a deep analysis. For the moment we leave that aside, the important thing is to end a season well where we have been in second place 22 times. It’s a small, very young group that has tried and continued against physical teams in Ligue 1. I hope it will be rewarded and that we will win tomorrow (today editor’s note).”
OM qualified directly…
In the Champions League (2nd) if…
-This is a better result than Monaco;
-It has the same result as Monaco but makes up for its goal difference (+25 against +21).
For the dams if…
-Monaco
In the Europa League if…
-He loses without making up for his goal difference on Monaco in the event of a reverse from ASM, and Rennes wins.
OM-Strasbourg: Bamba Dieng, the tile, the probable starting lineup of the Olympians
He had a good chance of starting and could have been aligned in the left lane or at the forefront of the attack from the kick-off. After an excellent start in Lorient (where he scored and gave an assist two weeks ago), Bamba Dieng had only played the last half hour in Rennes last weekend, without influencing the course of the game.
Yesterday, while applying for a place in the starting XI tonight, the Senegalese was injured during the last practice. Hit in the hamstrings, he had to forfeit. Without him, the solutions are limited for Jorge Sampaoli, who will have the choice between Arkadiusz Milik and Cédric Bakambu. The Pole leaves with a head start. But with the Argentinian, you never know…
Guardian : Mandanda (Cap.)
Defenders: Rongier, Caleta Car, Kamara, Peres
Environments : Guendouzi, Gueye, Harit
Forwards: Under, Milik, Gerson
Substitutes (choose from): Ngapandouetnbu (left), Lopez (left), Kolasinac, Lirola, Mmadi, Targhalline, Bakambu, Luis Henrique, Ben Seghir, Benyahia
Absent: Dieng (ischios), Saliba (suspended), Payet (calf), De la Fuente (knee), Balerdi (shoulder), Alvaro (spread).
In danger : Caleta car
Boubacar Kamara’s last after 17 years at OM…
This should be the last time Boubacar Kamara is ticked off a starting XI. The youngster is coming to the end of his contract with the Marseille club and has refused all the extension offers from his lifelong club, where he arrived at the age of 5 and to which he subscribed to the North turn. Unless the situation returns, he should join Atlético de Madrid.
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… But not Milik’s
Despite complicated relations with Jorge Sampaoli and playing time not up to his aspirations, Arkadiusz Milik should stay in Provence this summer. He is getting on well and does not see himself changing his tune in a season which will be interrupted by the World Cup, disputed this winter in Qatar.
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63,000 people at the Vélodrome, including Frank McCourt
The stadium will be as often this season sold out. 63,000 supporters (including 650 Strasbourg residents strictly supervised by the police) are expected under the gaze of shareholder Frank McCourt who will also be present.
25 points lost at home
And yet, Jorge Sampaoli’s men have dropped 25 points at home this season in Ligue 1. It is a miracle that they are on the podium with such a number, but have counted on an almost perfect course at the outside. The fault of the teams which played the low block so as not to come and expose themselves to Marseille and of a young team, which was perhaps afraid of doing badly, regularly explains the coach. Tonight, however, we must not have trembling legs.
An air of May 2008
A last decisive match against Strasbourg in the race for the Champions League? A kid who makes his last match with the sky and white jersey? This is a strange reminder of May 2008. That evening, Eric Gerets’ men were playing for third place at a distance with AS Nancy-Lorraine. It ended rather well, Samir Nasri had scored before heading to Arsenal and OM ended up winning 4-3. The Alsatians are those who most often challenged the Olympians during the 38th day (4 times).
Against Strasbourg, things are going well
Whether it’s in the last game or not, it’s generally going very well for the Olympians against Racing. They have never lost against them in the 21st Century League: 7 wins, 3 draws.
Lucas Perrin will be back
Julien Stephan discovered by chance that the last training before leaving for Marseille, scheduled yesterday afternoon, was behind closed doors, according to the wishes of its leaders, Marc Keller in the lead. The Alsatian technician will rely on his immutable 5-3-2 which gives him so much satisfaction. Lucas Perrin, recovered after contracting a virus, is expected in central defense, especially as Maxime Le Marchand suffers from a quadriceps injury.
Strasbourg also Europe in the lead
No one was expecting such a party in Strasbourg. Fifth, the team led by Stephan can envisage a European future, depending on their result at the Vélodrome. C3, C4 or nothing at all? One thing is certain: the RCSA comes to qualify and has nothing to lose.
Such rare defeats for the Alsatians…
This season, only PSG are doing better than Racing. At one stage of the final arrival, judged this evening, Strasbourg has 8 defeats (against 4 for Paris). Above all, the Alsatians perform an incredible second part of the exercise, with 10 wins and 7 draws (paying the match late in Clermont). Since the resumption, at the beginning of January, only Bordeaux (3-4) and Lille (0-1) have beaten them.