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Five victories in a row under Jean-Louis Gasset, a record signed this Sunday thanks to a double from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang against Nantes (2-0).
Since the arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset at the helm barely three weeks ago, OM have found color, winners of their last five outings to date, Ligue 1 and Europa League combined. Well on their way to seeing the quarter-finals of the second European Cup (4-0 victory over Villarreal on Thursday in the eighth leg), Marseille has above all made a spectacular recovery in the league.
Although only seventh in the rankings, the Olympians have nevertheless moved back into continental positions by achieving three consecutive victories. One length behind sixth place held by Nice; and three points from the Lille-Lens tandem, at the gates of the Champions League promised by the Top 4 of the elite.
Already 23 goals this season
To achieve such a rebirth, OM was able to count this Sunday on their home scorer, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, author of a double full of composure (1-0, 17e then 2-0, 79e) – the 22e and 23e achievements this season of the Gabonese striker, who in Ligue 1 has 11 goals, the fourth overall behind Kylian Mbappé (21), Jonathan David (14) and Alexandre Lacazette (12).
A cost all the more valuable as the Phocaeans suffered against the Canaries, their legs made heavy by their confrontation with the yellow submarine three days earlier, according to the admission of Jordan Veretout at the end of the game. Certainly valiant here at the Vélodrome, the Nantes residents find themselves at 16e rank – that of the barrage – ahead on goal difference by Lorient. The next meetings promise to be crucial for the FCN.
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