Ligue 1 McDonald’s, Spherical 10, 03/11/24
Olympique de Marseille returned to successful methods as a Mason Greenwood strike within the second half secured victory for Roberto De Zerbi’s aspect in opposition to FC Nantes (2-1), whose winless run continues.
The Match
Seeking to bounce again from final weekend’s humbling within the Classique in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain, there was a raft of adjustments made by Marseille – some enforced, others not. The adjustments that had been made had been rapidly rewarded. Jonathan Rowe and Neal Maupay, who got here in for Elye Wahi and Luis Henrique, mixed for the opener, with the previous feeding the latter with an ideal cross. All Maupay needed to do was get a contact to divert it into the empty internet.
Mostafa Mohamed headed in opposition to his personal bar as OM nearly doubled their benefit, however while Les Phocéens had been dominant, they struggled to create clear-cut probabilities. And that’s the reason, regardless of having 79% possession within the first half, they went in degree. Completely happy to be direct and hit on the break, Nantes equalised via Tino Kadewere, who expertly volleyed Marcus Coco’s volley previous Geronimo Rulli and into the underside nook.
OM continued to dominate possession within the second half however they had been extra incisive. Rowe continued to trigger points down the left nevertheless it was his compatriot on the alternative wing that obtained the objective, as Greenwood beat Alban Lafont with a pushed effort from outdoors the field, which clipped off the within of the submit on its approach in.
Les Canaris had two quick-fire probabilities to hit again. The primary got here via Mostafa Mohamed, whose flicked end was met with an instinctive save from Geronimo Rulli. The second was missed by Kadewere, who couldn’t preserve his cool after having dispossessed Geoffrey Kondogbia. One-on-one, he blasted approach over.
Adrien Rabiot nearly gave Marseille some respiration room when he hit the within of the submit, and it was a nervy ending for OM, who needed to endure 10 minutes of added time, however endure it they did as they return to inside six factors of PSG and go degree with AS Monaco. After a constructive begin to the season, Nantes at the moment are with no win of their final seven video games; Antoine Kombouaré’s aspect have misplaced 4 in that point.
Marseille participant rankings
Geronimo Rulli – 6
Quentin Merlin – 4
Geoffrey Kondogbia – 3
The query of why Kondogbia finds himself at centre-back, a place by which he seems to be utterly uncomfortable can now be fairly posed. He struggled each out and in of possession, letting Kadewere go contained in the field to equalise earlier than then being dispossessed by the identical striker within the second half. It was solely an absence of composure from Kadewere that allowed Les Phocéens to retain their benefit.
Leonardo Balerdi – 6
Pol Lirola – 5
Adrien Rabiot – 5
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – 4
Jonathan Rowe – 7
It was his inch-perfect cross that allowed OM to take the lead. On a technical degree, he has already proven himself to be probably the most gifted gamers within the workforce, if not in the entire of Ligue 1, however he additionally must know when to launch the ball. Responsible of taking part in for himself on quite a few events, there may be room for enchancment, even when he made an undeniably constructive influence on this recreation from an OM perspective.
Ismael Koné – 4
Mason Greenwood – 8
Criticised for his latest performances, Greenwood responded in opposition to Nantes. He was near organising Rowe early on within the first half as he rapidly confirmed his intent earlier than then getting the winner halfway via the second half. Alongside compatriot Rowe on the alternative flank, it was his contribution that decided the end result.
Neal Maupay – 6
Nantes chosen participant rankings
Tino Kadewere – 6
By far and away the very best outfield participant for Les Canaris. He was extraordinarily environment friendly with the little service he obtained. He took his first likelihood expertly to degree the scores however was then responsible of an absence of composure halfway via the second half as he blasted over after his personal good work noticed him win the ball again deep in OM’s half.
Alban Lafont – 7
Moses Simon – 2
Between spending a lot of the sport marginally offside and squandering some wonderful probabilities in transition, it wasn’t Simon’s night time. At his efficient finest, he may have had his say on the results of this match.
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